Mermaid in a Bottle

Chapter 10 -- The Dark Bottle I Live In

Hello, it's Lizzie! I jst wantd to say OMG!!! I cant believ it! I'm on chaptr 10 of my books! This is like the first time I made it that far ever!!! CELEBRATION!!!

and plz NOTE: spirals are like stairs with no steps since merppl dont need them. They're just flat spirals.

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(MerLissa's P.O.V.)

I woke up to the sound of the cork opening.

"Come out girl!" someone sneered.

I rubbed my tired eyes and swam upward. My tail felt weak from the days of not moving it. My body ached from such little space to sleep.

I yawned.

"Keep your mouth shut." the same person instructed.

As soon as I was out of the bottle, I shrieked. The light burned my eyes. I shut them tightly and felt around for a wall.

"Oh, don't be such a baby. Open them." the person commanded.

One by one, I slowly opened my eyes. The light wasn't all that bright, but it still brought pain from the days I had been shrouded in Darkeness.

I stretched quickly to get all the cramps out and then looked around. There were bottles just like mine all over the place, each filled with those black strings of Darkeness.

"Did you have a good rest, Kanna?" that person asked me.

She was dressed in a white cloak and her tail was black. Her body was swarming with Darkeness. I looked down at my tail. It was the same.

The lady gave me a stern look. "You will answer me Kanna. Do not make me repeat myself again! Did you have a good rest?"

I nodded. I still didn't feel comfortable using my voice.

The lady smiled. "Good. My name is Trishia. You will call me Ms. Trishia, is that clear?"

I nodded again. "I-is my n-name Kan-na?" I stuttered. My eyes widened. Is that how my voice sounds?

"Yes. You are Will's Kanna. He created you."

I smiled. Will. The name sounds familiar.

"I am transferring you today to go to a different level. Take your bottle with you. Don't worry. It will be easy to carry."

I swam over to my bottle and picked it up. Ms. Trishia was right. It wasn't heavy at all.

We traveled through many hallways and went up many spirals until we finally reached a door that read "Brooklyn -13."

Ms. Trishia knocked on the door. We waited for a little until a pale girl opened the door. I looked at her. She looked the same like me and Ms. Trishia, with Darkeness floating on her tail.

"Yes, Ms. Trishia?" The girl looked at me with dull eyes.

"Brooklyn, this is Kanna. She is going to be your roommate from now on. Be glad you have her. She is the daughter of Will."

Brooklyn nodded. Then she looked at me again. "Come in Kanna. Bring your bottle with you."

I was about to go in when Ms. Trishia stopped me.

"Wait Kanna. Here." She dug into her pocket and her hand came out carrying a book. "Every day, when it is time to go to bed, write in this. It's a book to keep all of your adventures."

I took it from her and read the front cover. "Book of Thoughts," I read.

"Yes. This your Book of Thoughts, Kanna. Okay. I must go. Brooklyn, take good care of her or there will be consequences."