Chapter 3: Ciara
"Brandon Irvin?"
"Here. "
"Ciara Jackson?"
I rush in quietly and say "Here. "
My mermaid best friend, Nixie, leans over and tells me, "That was close CiCi."
"I know, Nix"
"You have to tell me what happened later!"
"Okay."
Miss. Crabs continues to finish attendance, ending with Seabert and Serena Zale, the twins. Then she tells the class to turn to page 30 in our "Sea Creatures of the World" textbook. And she started talking about Scylla and Charybdis, the sea monsters that guard the Strait of Messina, which is located between Italy's mainland and Sicily, blah blah blah... While Miss. Crabs talked, sorry communicated, (mermaids communicate more telepathically than verbally underwater. ) Nixie slipped me a shell-note. I slowly and carefully opened it. When I open it, I am greeted by Nixie's elaborate mermaid handwriting. She wrote the note in ancient Phoenician, the mermaid language that is a lost art among humans, but not mermaids. (Obviously) The note reads: (translated)
"Wait for me after class, I need to tell you something important."
*After class*
I lean against the hallway's sea salt rock walls outside the classroom and wait for Nixie.
"CiCi! So give me the dets! What happened today that made you late?"
"Oh, you know.. The usual, Ava almost found me out."
"Of course!"
"So what did you need to tell me?"
Nixie then started flicking her glittering magenta and red tail nervously, of course this just makes her tail appear a very minty, pleasant greenish color. (More mermaid magic?) She twirls her waist length-rainbow-colored hair, which is now dark blue. (most merpeople can manipulate this) This represents sadness. So naturally I ask her, "What's wrong? Did Pelgios break up with you?"
"No, but I might have to break up with him..."
"Why?"
"My dad has some work to do in Australia. You know, the Coral Reef?"
"What?!? So why do you have to go? What happened at the coral reef? Is it okay? What about your mom? Or Merrill? Are you riding him with you?"
"No, I can't ride a seahorse all the way to Australia!! As to why I have to go, you DO know he works for Posideon, right? My mom's coming with us, even though she's a Selkie, doesn't mean she can't swim! After all, she still has her seal pelt, so she can still turn into her other form. And as for the coral reef, it's it's...it's..."
"Spit it out Nixie!"
"It's dying. "
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Just Another Mermaid Story {on hold until further notice}
Fantasy"I dove into the cool water and immediately felt the sensation of my tail forming in a matter of seconds. I can't really describe it, but to the best of my ability, it feels as if someone is binding my legs together electrically, but it doesn't hurt...
