"I never wanted to be this way" I told my best friend, Emma. "You were lucky to have made it out alive" She told me. "Yes but the side affects almost killed me" I retorted. "But they didn't, did they?" Emma snapped. "I'm sorry I just never thought something so strange would happen." I answered, completely baffled by my appearance. "You had no choice, now you must live with the fact you are a mermaid." "Shhh..." I whispered "Someone could here you" "Sorry" she whispered back. "I just want to be normal" I cried. "Don't worry" She said, as she patted my hand. "We'll find a way to change you back"
The next day my mom took my to the mall to look for shoes. "Too bad the mermaids don't wear shoes" I muttered. "What?" asked my mom. "Nothing!" I responded. I couldn't tell her...yet, I had to wait.
The way you because a mermaid is quite simple really, just say "pipinhab" and be seen by a human in 15 minutes. When you change into a mermaid you loose the ability to breath air, making it hard for humans to see you. If you are seen you can be a human on land and fish in the sea. I was seen by a fisherman named Paul.
"One day I was swimming in the ocean and I found this" I told Emma. It's a pearl that says "If you want to be changed see the great Zari of the sea arch" "Cool" said Emma "Too bad I can't come with you." "Yeah you can" I said slyly "Say it" "Pipinhab" She whispered Instantly her legs glowed with a magic sparkle, and when it faded she had a beautiful orange fin. "Can't breath" she choked out. Just then my little brother Tommy entered the room. "Wow Emma, I love your costume!" He yelled. "Ummm.... Tommy get out" I said. I knew she was about to change back. The minute he left the room she changed into a human. "That was close" I said "That almost killed you"
The next day Emma and i set off to find Zari of the sea arch. We saw so much. It was amazing, we saw dolphins, sea turtles, jelly fish, lobsters, crabs, clams and shining sliver fish "Wow" said Emma "How could you want to change?" "I can't go to pool parties" I said "Well I think it's beautiful down here" She breathed. "Well I think Peters pool party is much more important" I snapped. "How are we best friends?" She asked. "We are so different" "Hey" I said "Don't talk like that, We pinky promised we would be best friend forever" "Yeah true"
The next day we found Zari's tunnel, as we swam in we noticed simile faces all over the place. "Strange" I thought. When we saw Zari I thought "He he midget" She turned and faced us. She was maybe 3" 6'. "Well, well guests" She said. "What can I do to for you?" "We would like to become human" We said at the same time. "Well all you have to do is not enter water for 24 hours and you should be cured." "Oh come on, the longest I've been out of water is 23 hours, not cool at all" I said. Emma and Zari laughed.
The next day we avoided the water and at 5:17 we both collapsed and the mermaid spirit inside us left. "Wow i said "That was totally amazing." I'm going to miss the vast oceans" Emma said. "Well I'm going to miss my hair brush" I joked. "But really, It's still down there." Then we both laughed, just like the good old days!
By Hannah
Age 12
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