They say that the first time you see the Crystal Camaro, you can't think of anything else. It's a clear car- you can see through even its inward parts.
It is so transparent, if you took a picture of it at a certain angle, you'd get a nice picture of the scenery behind it. But it is still visible, and when the sun shines on it in a certain way, well, the world would be a more colourful place.
Nobody knows who owns it. He always wears a black hoodie with the hood shrouding his face in shadow. So as he's driving in daylight, it's pretty easy to see him. At night, the only way you know his presence is by the headlights of the Crystal Camaro.

I'll never forget the first time I myself saw this spectacular sight. I was visiting my cousins in the city. The traffic is light where they live. So we're sitting outside in the front yard when my younger cousin stopped what she was doing and stared past my shoulder. "What?" I said, and turned around. My jaw dropped. Driving up the road toward us was the famed Crystal Camaro! As if that wasn't enough, the driver parked the Camaro in front of us. "Hey kids," he said. ...Wait, where did I know that voice from? "Hi," we said to him. "I'm having a little engine trouble, mind if I use your phone?" "I'll bring it out," my older cousin, Jake, said. "It's appreciated," the man said. "If I take a picture, how do I get it to show up?" I asked. The man looked at his car, then up at the sun. "Stand over here," he said. So I did. I pulled out my mom's cell-phone and turned on its camera. I took a picture with the sun glinting on it just right. "Wow..." I breathed.
Allison (my younger cousin) and I turned to the driver. "Why do we know you?" I asked. The man smiled. "You don't know your own cousin?" he asked, pulling back his hood. "Derek!" we cried in unison. Just then, Jake came out with the phone. "Derek?" he asked in disbelief. "Why didn't you tell us?"
Derek smiled. "It was a surprise."

A little while later, after Derek came in and had lunch with us, he stood up and said, "now who wants to go for a drive?"

(c)Mackenzie "jadefyres-freedom" Wall
February 24-25, 2008 All Rights Reserved