For the start of her exploration, Stitches decided not to stray to far and go to a kelp forest Pink, Hearts's brother, had mentioned. She swam toward the forest, which wasn't too far off from an island near Holme called Herald.
(Dark Green = the kelp forest)
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She swam toward the forest, taking note of the shapes of animals darting through some parts of the kelp. Then, she heard something bigger swimming through the kelp. She headed toward the noise and saw a green kelpie. "Hello!" She called. "What!?" He whipped around and looked at her in surprise. "Oh, uh, hi." He said. "My name's Stitches, do you live around here?" She said. "Um, I live on Herald, but I spend a lot of time here." He said. "Oh? That sounds neat." She said. 'She's strange,' thought Kelp.
"Hey, think you could show me around?" She asked. "Alright..." he said. He began showing her around the kelp forest. After a bit, he started to swim back towards Herald, but got stuck in a net. Stitches heard the sound and swam towards it, finding him stuck. She carefully cut the net and released him. "Thanks," said Kelp. "You're welcome," she said. "I have to go, but you can have this. Might be something you've never seen." Kelp said and gave her a horseshoe. Stitches had seen pictures but never seen a real horseshoe.
