The secret life of a mergirl

[Chapter 7] Coralia: Kyi Island

Serena's party at the race track looked effulgent the space is grand, little white tents have been set up around the track, they each had a large centre piece chandelier what acted as a beacon to guide the predigest guest to their domain. There are large buffet tables on either side of the tents and  grand ice sculptures of gigantic seahorse brought from the north are found all around the tents. Merpeople from all over the 5 seas came to bask in Serena's banquet, merpeople from: Los Angler the sea in the south, Paria the sea in the northern district, Dabari the sea of the west, Venuson the sea of the east and Mertopia the sea's centre; are all here.

"Announcing Coralia Amatheia Riverdus II, daughter of Aqilus Osharus Gar Riverdus and Brizo Doris Riverdus." The Sergeant at Arms states. I stared down at my blood orange dress, to check if it was straight and fixed my yellow gloves and orange crown as my hair was down. I entered the first white tent on the left, Serena Gem and Nabia Crews was talking to prince Clyde.

"Coralia I'm so glad you made it to my party!" Serena squealed with excitement.

"Your dress is lovely" She said

"Thank you" I replied

I watched Nabia's face while I am talking to Serena, it is filled with disgust and anger. Nabia Crews is a spiteful mergirl, it is rumoured that she once poisoned her first guider because she forced her to have a nap. Nabia and I use to get along with each other until my parents announced to the public that I will marry Prince Clyde two years ago, Nabia has a huge crush on the prince but she was unable to wow his father, King Trident, when she was summoned, now she holds me accountable for her lost of marriage and I hate it.

"Well I think your dress looks a bit unseemly against your tail." Nabia nagged

"Coralia, you look marvellous pay no a tension to Nabia." Prince Clyde said charmingly

Prince Clyde reached out his hand and I slowly placed mine in his palm, this is the first time we have touched in all these years of knowing each other but I don't feel anything, I cheekily smiled at Nabia as he kissed my hand, just to see her jealousy arise.

"Should we all make ourselves useful and go to the betting booth?" Nabia asked withe her eyebrows heightened.

We all swam to the betting booth where we found Adella and Melody placing bets. Adella is wearing a pink flair dress which suited her hair and eyes better than the clothes she had on in the morning and Melody is wearing a skirt and blouse combo, the skirt is black in a pencil formation and the blouse is a light pink suiting her baby pink highlights in her hair. Jafar entered the betting booth after us and greeted Adella, Melody and I.

"Where is Thaliea?" He asked

"I don't know but I am sure she is on her way, she never misses a party, she is mostly punctual." Adella reassured him.

"Coralia, are you up for a betting wager?" Nabia asked with her cold medium brown eyes staring at me, heightening the hostility between us.

"Sure, I bet I can beat you like the last time by the way I forgot to ask how was it going 15 meters in to peligroso trench, I heard you screamed like a infant."

Nabia closed her eyes and flicked her nose up high and swam towards Prince Clyde where she handed him a coin.

"Everyone knows the rules, Prince Clyde will flip a coin to see who will pick their betting seahorse first." She said stroking her brown ringlet curls, meanwhile Thaliea came in,  flashing a slight glance to Jafar then quickly to us "Sorry I am late" she heaved

"Fine" I said "let's do it"

"Do what?" Thaliea asked puzzled

"Wait, what is the wager?" Asked Melody looking concerned.

"A trip to the surface of kyi Island, to get 10 berries of mer-blood from the mystical tree of death."

Everyone gasped and looked at Nabia like she was insane, no she is insane, she just sent me on a death sentence to look for a mythical tree what most likely does not exist at all. Also she will let me form those legs things humans have to go to the surface which is quite dangerous, I have only been up there once in my life and that was with my family, so we could meet the royals from the west, and I wasn't up there for long.

"She can't do that!" Thaliea exclaims

"Come on Nabia, that  is way too harsh, she could get in serious trouble and danger." Serena said trying to reason with her.

"Yeah, and you don't even know if the tree exist, your just sending her on a wild guppy chase, it's not right" Adella pointed out.

Nabia started to look embarrassed as everyone looked at her in bewilderment.

"Okay! Let her just get a leaf from any surface tree and bring it to us." Nabia screamed.

"That is still cra..." Thaliea cried

"I'll do it" I cut in

"What!" everyone screamed, Thaliea looked at me with concern but troubled eyes.

"If that's her bet I take it, just flip the coin already"

Prince Clyde looks concern but still he was willing to cooperate.

"Okay, head or tails?" he asked

"Head" I said

"I guess tails" Nabia said looking nervous.

Prince Clyde flipped the coin and covered it with his hand, when he opened it he gasped:

"It's tails"

Nabia looks astonished like she can't believe that she gets to pick the horse first.

"I pick Topaz" she said meanwhile handing her betting slip in to the booth. Everyone including I looks at Jafar. Thaliea then quickly took his hand and dragged him behind the booth, so I followed while everyone else gossips.

"Jafar please do this for me, lose that race I beg of you" Thaliea pleaded

"Why should I, were not friends like we were anyway." Jafar said looking upset.

"You know it wouldn't of worked, I would have to marry someone else anyway." Thaliea argued

"I know but we still could of tried."

I decide to but in and stop their bickering

"Jafar please don't lose for me, I want you to win that trophy" then I say to Thaliea with pleading eyes "I can make it up there if I lose, I will be fine."

I place my bet on a seahorse called Starlight, then I sat down in the court yard to watch the race.

But by no surprise I did not win, Nabia did.

I stared at the huge rock of kyi and then I look back at my friends. Everyone looks worried while Melody is crying.

"Please don't die!" She screamed

We all hushed her while I hug her deeply. "I won't, okay"

Looking up I started to swim slowly to the surface, I felt the water getting warmer every inch I move forward, I could soon feel the 5 o'clock evening sun on my face. When I got close I could see sky, I thought of turning back but I already broke the surface, making my way to the shores of Kyi.