TROUBLE ON THE NORWEGIAN PEARL

CHAPTER ONE
ONCE THERE WERE TWO YOUNG TEENAGE IDENTICAL TWIN GIRLS NAMED GELA ROSE SANCHEZ AND GLORIA HOPE SANCHEZ. THEY LIVED IN A NICE HOUSE IN BERLIN, GERMANY WITH THEIR MOM, WHO WAS AN ARTIST NAMED GINA. EVEN THOUGH THEY LOOKED ALIKE, THEY WERE THE SUN AND MOON IN THE SKY. GELA WAS QUIET, LOVED ANIMALS, THE COLOR BLUE, WANTED TO BECOME A MARINE BIOLOGIST, AND WAS BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY CHALLENGED. SHE WAS BLIND IN BOTH EYES AND HAD BAD SEIZURES.
GLORIA WAS LOUD, LOVED MOVIES AND PLAYS, THE COLOR PINK, WANTED TO BECOME AN ACTRESS, AND WAS HEALTHY. ON DECEMBER 23, 2016 THEY WOKE UP FEELING VERY EXCITED. IT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF WINTER VACATION. THEY QUICKLY GOT DRESSED THEN RAN INTO THE KITCHEN. "GUTEN MORGEN", GINA CHEERFULLY GREETED THEM. "GUTEN MORGEN", THEY REPLIED BACK.
FOR BREAKFAST THEY HAD SOME CHOCOLATE CHIP PANCAKES AND BACON. WHILE THEY WERE EATING BREAKFAST THEY TALKED ABOUT WHAT THEY WANTED FOR CHRISTMAS. GELA SAID THAT SHE WANTED THE BOOK MOBY DICK IN BRAILLE AND TO GO ON A CRUISE TO JAMAICA AND MEXICO. GLORIA SAID THAT SHE WANTED TO TAKE ACTING CLASSES AND TO SEE THEIR MOM GET REMARRIED. AT THIS POINT IN THE CONVERSATION GINA WENT OVER TO A SECRET DRAWER NEAR THE KITCHEN SINK AND PULLED OUT THREE DIFFERENT ENVELOPES.
GELA WAS TOLD THAT HERS HAD AN AIRPLANE TICKET TO HOUSTON TEXAS AND A CRUISE SHIP TICKET FOR THE NORWEGIAN PEARL. GLORIA'S ENVELOPE HAD AN AIRPLANE TICKET TO LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA WHERE HER AUNT KATHERINE WOULD BE PICKING HER UP. "MOM, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE DOING FOR CHRISTMAS", GLORIA ASKED? "I'M GOING TO BE ON A THREE WEEK BOOK TOUR IN NEW YORK", GINA ANSWERED. ON THE NORWEGIAN PEARL A YOUNG MAN NAMED PUMA CARTER WAS CLEANING ROOM 4217 WHEN HE NOTICED THERE WAS NO PHONE.
HE RAN TO THE SHIP'S INTERCOM AND CALLED FOR CAPTAIN BENGSTON. A FEW MINUTES LATER BOTH CAPTAIN BENGSTON AND A POLICE OFFICER NAMED BARB D. WIRE ARRIVED ON SCENE. WHEN BARB D. WIRE SAW HOW BAD THE ROOM LOOKED SHE SAID THAT NOBODY COULD USE IT. CAPTAIN BENGSTON WAS VERY OUTRAGED. "WHAT IN THE NAME OF THUNDER WOULD MAKE ANYBODY DO THIS TO ME", HE CRIED ANGRILY?
"YOU SHOULD WRITE AN ADVERTISEMENT AND PUT IT ON THE TELEVISION AND RADIO", BARB D. WIRE SUGGESTED. "WOULD YOU AND SIMEON PLEASE GO WITH ME", HE ASKED? BOTH QUICKLY AGREED TO GO WITH HIM. ONCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT HAD BEEN MADE, THEY ALL RETURNED TO THE SHIP. IN GILBERT, ARIZONA MY FRIENDS NAMED NINA, ALEXA, SAMMIE, MELISSA, ZACK, SUZIE, JENNA, ANNIE, ROSE, KYRIE, AND I WERE ABOUT TO HAVE THE ULTIMATE SLEEPOVER.
WE DECIDED TO WATCH THE NEWS. MY TWO CATS NAMED DUTCHESS AND SHADOW LAY ON THE GROUND BESIDE US. WE WERE VERY SHOCKED WHEN WE HEARD CAPTAIN BENGSTON'S ANNOUNCEMENT. "WE SHOULD GO HELP HIM", JENNA EXCLAIMED! "FIRST WE NEED TO CALL OUR FAMILIES AND SEE IF WE'RE EVEN ALLOWED TO GO ON THE TRIP", ALEXA PROCLAIMED!
EVERYBODY EXCEPT KYRIE GOT PERMISSION TO GO ON THE TRIP. "WHY CAN'T I GO ON THE TRIP", KYRIE ASKED? "YOU NEED TO STAY HERE JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE A LIFE THREATENING SEIZURE AND HAVE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL", MY GRANDMA DIANE REPLIED. LESS THAN AN HOUR LATER OUR FAMILIES ARRIVED AT MY HOUSE WITH OUR SUITCASES WITH CLOTHES, STATE IDENTIFICATION CARDS, BIRTH CERTIFICATES, SOUVINEER MONEY, EXCURSION MONEY, FREE SPENDING MONEY, AND A NOTE FOR MY MOM'S FRIEND NAMED LAURA. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO LISTEN TO OUR CHAPERONES. "WHO ARE OUR CHAPERONES GOING TO BE", SUZIE ASKED?
FOR THIS TRIP YOU GUYS WILL BE TRAVELING WITH TOBY, YUVAL, JACOB, KEN, AUSTIN, AND EMILY", KRISTY REPLIED. LATE THAT NIGHT KYRIE HAD A BAD SEIZURE. ONLY ALEXA, SUZIE, SAMMIE, JENNA, AND I SAW THE FIRE TRUCK AND AMBULANCE. "WHAT TIME IS IT", JENNA ASKED? "IT IS 3:30 IN THE MORNING", I REPLIED. AFTER THE FIRE TRUCK AND AMBULANCE LEFT ALEXA WENT BACK TO SLEEP, BUT JENNA, SUZIE, SAMMIE, AND I COULDN'T FALL ASLEEP.
A FEW HOURS LATER MY GRANDMA DIANE ENTERED THE ROOM AND SAID THAT WE NEEDED TO GET DRESSED AND HAVE BREAKFAST. AFTER BREAKFAST GRANDMA DIANE AND KRISTY DROVE ALL OF US TO SKY HARBOR AIRPORT. ONCE WE GOT PAST SECURITY CHECK POINT WE MET UP WITH YUVAL, KEN, TOBY, EMILY, JACOB, AND AUSTIN. WHEN WE GOT TO OUR GATE YUVAL PULLED OUT A PIECE OF PAPER AND A PEN AND STARTED WRITING OUR CABIN ASSIGNMENTS. SHE SAID THAT SHE AND I WOULD BE SHARING A ROOM.
SHE SAID THAT EMILY AND TOBY WOULD BE SHARING A ROOM. IN ANOTHER ROOM SHE HAD AUSTIN AND JACOB. IN ANOTHER ROOM SHE PUT ZACK AND KEN. ANNIE AND ROSE WOULD BE SHARING A ROOM. NINA AND SUZIE WOULD BE SHARING A ROOM. IN THE LAST ROOM SHE PUT ALEXA AND JENNA.
"ALEXA, ARE YOU CAPABLE OF TAKING CARE OF JENNA", YUVAL ASKED? "OF COURSE I AM", ALEXA RETORTED. BEFORE ANYBODY WAS ALLOWED TO WANDER OFF YUVAL SAID THAT SHE HAD SOME VERY IMPORTANT RULES TO GO OVER. HER FIRST RULE WAS THAT NOBODY WAS TO WANDER OFF BY THEMSELVES. HER NEXT RULE WAS THAT NOBODY WAS TO WALK AROUND THE SHIP BEFORE 6:30 IN THE MORNING. HER LAST RULE WAS THAT THERE WAS TO BE NO FIGHTING.
CHAPTER TWO
SKY AND EVEREST FIND OUT THAT THEY ARE EXPECTING PUPPIES
AFTER YUVAL FINISHED HER LECTURE JACOB, AUSTIN, AND I DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO GO TO THE GIFT SHOP AND BUY SOME GUM AND WATER. I GOT A BOTTLE OF FLAVORED WATER AND CINNAMON GUM. JACOB GOT SOME WATER AND SPEARAMENT GUM. AUSTIN GOT SOME WATER AND BUBBLE GUM. WHEN WE GOT BACK TO OUR GATE WE ONLY HAD TEN MINUTES BEFORE WE COULD BOARD THE PLANE. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, AUSTIN AND JACOB STARTED FIGHTING ABOUT WHO GOT TO SIT NEXT TO ME ON THE PLANE.
I VOLUNTEERED TO SIT IN THE MIDDLE. YUVAL THANKED ME FOR BREAKING UP THE FIGHT. ONCE THE PLANE WAS IN THE AIR, ALEXA, SUZIE, AND I PULLED OUT OUR TABLETS AND STARTED WRITING SOME PRETTY INTERESTING STORIES. ALEXA STARTED WRITING A CHRISTIAN BOOK. SUZIE STARTED WRITING ABOUT A SERVICE DOG NAMED CARTER. I STARTED WRITING ABOUT A YOUNG BOTTLENOSED DOLPHIN NAMED FLUBBERGUM.
WHEN THE STEWARDESS NAMED REBEKAH ASKED EVERYBODY WHAT THEY WANTED TO DRINK AUSTIN, JACOB, YUVAL, TOBY, AND I ALL ORDERED SOME APPLE JUICE. EMILY ZACK, AND KEN WANTED ORANGE JUICE. EVERYBODY ELSE WANTED TO DRINK SODAS. WHILE WE WERE DRINKING OUR BEVERAGES THE PILOT CAME ON THE INTERCOM AND SAID THAT WE WERE MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN ADVENTURE BAY. "THAT'S WHERE RYDER WATERS AND HIS PUPS LIVE", JENNA EXCLAIMED!
AS IF ON CUE, RYDER WATERS AND HIS SEVEN PUPS GOT ON THE PLANE. CHASE, SKY, AND EVEREST SAT TOGETHER. RUBBLE, ROCKY, AND MARSHALL SAT TOGETHER. ZUMA AND RYDER SAT WITH GELA ROSE SANCHEZ. SOON WE WERE BACK ON OUR WAY TO HOUSTON, TEXAS. WHEN OUR PLANE LANDED AT HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT WE FOLLOWED A LARGE CROWD OF PEOPLE OVER TO SEVEN LARGE BUSES.
"ARE ALL THESE BUSES GOING TO THE SHIP YARD, WYDER", ZUMA ASKED? "YES, ALL THE BUSES ARE GOING TO THE SHIP YARD", RYDER WATERS REPLIED. ON OUR BUS YUVAL AND TOBY SAT TOGETHER AND TOOK A NAP. KEN AND ZACK SAT TOGETHER AND STARTED TALKING ABOUT WHAT EXCURSIONS THEY WANTED TO GO ON. SUZIE AND I SAT TOGETHER AND CONTINUED WORKING ON OUR STORIES.
"I HOPE WE GET A CHANCE TO WORK WITH RYDER WATERS AND THE PUPS", SUZIE EXCLAIMED! "ME TOO", I PROCLAIMED! JUST THEN CHASE SPOKE UP. GUTEN MORGEN", CHASE GREETED US! "GUTEN MORGEN", I REPLIED BACK. "WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU SPOKE GERMAN", CHASE EXCLAIMED! "I LEARNED IT FROM ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS IN ARIZONA", I TOLD HIM.
"ARE YOU REAL", SUZIE ASKED? "YES, I AM", CHASE REPLIED. "IF YOU'RE REAL, I DARE YOU TO LICK ME", SHE TOLD CHASE. CHASE STARTED TO LICK SUZIE. SOON WE REACHED THE SHIP YARD. ONCE EVERYBODY HAD FOUND THEIR LUGGAGE WE ALL WENT INTO A BIG BUILDING WHERE WE WERE GIVEN SHIP CARDS.
BEFORE WE COULD GET ON THE SHIP A MEAN MAN NAMED BENJAMIN STOPPED US AND SAID THAT NOBODY COULD GET ON THE SHIP. AUSTIN DEMANDED THAT WE SPEAK TO CAPTAIN BENGSTON. A FEW MINUTES LATER CAPTAIN BENGSTON ARRIVED WHERE WE WERE. "BENJAMIN, MY FRIENDS ARE ALLOWED ON BOARD", CAPTAIN BENGSTON SAID. BENJAMIN APOLOGIZED TO US, THEN WE FOLLOWED CAPTAIN BENGSTON TO THE SHIP. ONCE EVERYBODY HAD UNPACKED THEIR STUFF, WE ALL DECIDED TO EXPLORE THE SHIP.
AUSTIN, JACOB, EMILY, ANNIE, AND ROSE DECIDED THEY WANTED TO GO FOR A SWIM IN ONE OF THE MANY POOLS. SUZIE, YUVAL, AND I DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO EXPLORE THE LIBRARY. WHILE WE WERE EXPLORING THE LIBRARY WE HEARD A LOUD CLICK. I RAN TO THE DOOR TO CHECK IT OUT. WE WERE LOCKED INSIDE. "WE'D BETTER CALL CAPTAIN BENGSTON AND LET HIM KNOW WE'RE LOCKED IN THE LIBRARY", SUZIE SAID.
YUVAL PICKED UP THE PHONE AND STARTED TO DIAL CAPTAIN BENGSTON'S ROOM NUMBER. "WAIT, I CAN GET YOU GUYS OUT", SAID A VOICE. I LOOKED DOWN AND SAW ROCKY FROM THE PAW PATROL. "ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS", I ASKED HIM? "GREEN MEANS GO", ROCKY EXCLAIMED! I PICKED ROCKY UP AND A FEW MINUTES LATER WE WERE FREE. WE THANKED ROCKY THEN WENT TO THE WIND JAMMER CAFE TO GET A SNACK.
WHILE WE WERE EATING, CAPTAIN BENGSTON'S ADOPTED DAUGHTER NAMED ANNABELLE CAME INTO THE CAFE AND SAID THAT EVERYBODY NEEDED TO REPORT TO THE MUSTER STATIONS. SUZIE AND I WERE GLAD TO SEE THAT RYDER WATERS AND HIS PUPS WERE IN THE SAME MUSTER Station as Us. We noticed that Sky and Everest didn't look so good. After the Life Boat Drill ended We showed Ryder Waters where the Quarry was. We were surprised to find out that Everest and Sky were expecting Puppies.
The Quarry Doctor asked Ryder Waters who the Fathers of the Pups were. " Chase is the Father of Sky's Pups",I said. Ryder Waters asked Everest who She wanted to have be the Father of Her Puppies. She said that She wanted Marshall to be the Father of Her Puppies. We were very surprised to hear that Sky's Pups were due any Day now.
Chapter Three
The Pups AND OUR TEAM START TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY
SOON IT WAS TIME FOR DINNER. WHILE WE WERE eating DINNER WE TOLD RYDER WATERS ABOUT CAPTAIN BENGSTON'S MYSTERY. HE TOLD US THAT WE COULD USE ALL THE PUPS EXCEPT FOR SKY. SUZIE AND I DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO WORK WITH CHASE. ALEXA, JENNA, YUVAL, AND TOBY decided THAT THEY WANTED TO WORK WITH Zuma.
After We all had chosen what Pups We wanted to work with We found out about a Special Holiday Ball. YUVAL said that Everybody could go to the Ball. We all hurried to Our Rooms to get ready for the Dance. Over in the Theatre two young Teenage Boys named Luke Anthony Sanders and Ryder Noble Sanders were just meeting Gela Rose Sanchez for the first time. "Hey Babe", Ryder Noble Sanders greeted Her. Over in Los Angeles, California Gloria was just about to meet Her Aunt Katherine for the first time.
" Gloria, I heard that You wanted to become an Actress ",Katherine questioned? " You heard that right", Gloria replied. "I've been Acting for ten years", Katherine said. " Shut Up", Gloria exclaimed! "It's true", Katherine said. A FEW MINUTES LATER KATHERINE TOOK GLORIA TO THE MOVIE STUDIO.
GLORIA WAS VERY SURPRISED TO SEE THE COOL CAMERAS THAT WERE IN THE STUDIO. ON THE NORWEGIAN PEARL GELA AND RYDER NOBLE SANDERS WERE HAVING A VERY SERIOUS CONVERSATION. "GELA, ARE YOU BLIND", RYDER NOBLE SANDERS ASKED? "YES, I'M BLIND IN BOTH EYES", GELA SAID. "I HAVE SEVERE EYE CANCER", RYDER NOBLE SANDERS TOLD HER.
"THAT STINKS", GELA SAID. "I'D ASK YOU TO BE MY GIRLFRIEND, BUT THE DOCTORS SAY I HAVE 24- 48 HOURS LEFT TO LIVE", RYDER NOBLE SANDERS SAID. "I HOPE THEY'RE WRONG", GELA EXCLAIMED! "I HATE TO INTERVENE, BUT WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS THAT A PERSON HAS 24- 48 HOURS LEFT TO LIVE IT USUALLY HAPPENS IN THAT TIME FRAME", JACOB SAID. " WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT DEATH", GELA ASKED?
I HAPPEN TO KNOW A LOT ABOUT DEATH BECAUSE I JUST RECENTLY LOST MY GIRLFRIEND IN A DEVASTATING CAR CRASH", JACOB SAID. "OH", GELA EXCLAIMED! SOON IT WAS TIME TO GO BACK TO OUR ROOMS FOR THE NIGHT. WHEN I GOT BACK TO MY ROOM YUVAL WAS TALKING ON THE PHONE TO SOMEBODY. SHE SOUNDED A LITTLE BIT UPSET.
I JUST QUIETLY WENT TO SLEEP. AT 7:30 THE NEXT MORNING YUVAL AND I WOKE UP AND WENT DOWN FOR BREAKFAST. "YUVAL, ARE YOU DOING OKAY", I ASKED? "YES, I AM ", YUVAL REPLIED BACK. "YOU JUST SEEM A LITTLE BIT UPSET", I SAID. "I AM A LITTLE BIT UPSET, BUT IT'S NOTHING YOU DID", YUVAL SAID.
AFTER BREAKFAST SUZIE AND I ASKED YUVAL IF WE COULD GO GET CHASE AND START WORKING ON THE MYSTERY. YUVAL SAID THAT IT WOULD BE OKAY. SUZIE AND I HURRIED OVER TO RYDER WATERS'S BEDROOM TO GET CHASE. "DID CHASE AND SKY HAVE THEIR PUPS YET", SUZIE ASKED RYDER WATERS?
"NOT YET", RYDER WATERS REPLIED. I TOLD CHASE TO COME OVER TO ME. "CHASE IS ON THE CASE", CHASE EXCLAIMED! SOON SUZIE AND I WERE ON THE CASE. We found out that Our prime Suspect liked to eat Ham and Cheese sandwiches. WE FOLLOWED OUR NOSES UNTIL WE FOUND A PIECE OF THE PHONE.
WE PUT THE EVIDENCE IN A BIG ZIPLOC BAG. SOON WE HAD TO TAKE A BREAK AND STEP OUTSIDE. WHILE WE WERE OUT THERE WE SAW ZUMA AND HIS PARTNERS. A FEW MINUTES LATER WE SAW MARSHALL SLIDE AROUND THE CORNER. AS USUAL HE TRIPPED, BUT WHEN HE DID HE BIT ZUMA ON THE TAIL. ZUMA YELPED IN SURPRISE.