chapter 2 : the tail

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 Emily immediately thought that the necklace was her mother's.  Emily could not remember anything but  blackness. she heard voices drifting, like she was on a sail boat leaving the docks and someone was yelling good bye.

Emily awoke in her bed with her mom at her side, with a relived face."honey, you just fainted, in the car.". "what!" Emily yelled. did that have to do with the necklace. "i said you ju-    "her mother tried to say "i heard what you said, I need a drink of water". Emily said dehydrated. her mom left the room and came back with a glass of water.she set it down and left.

Emily grabbed the water fast because she was very thirsty. but she accidentally split it on herself. "great. just gre-" her mumbling cut off as her stomach felt like it had been jabbed by a pole. grasping it tight her legs were morphing into 1.

 Emily's pain stopped and she looked at her legs sacredly, and what she saw is hard to describe. her legs were covered in blue scales  and purple(picture). Emily silently screamed, to not alarm her mom.

Emily had always loved mermaid books, but now she was scared. she had to get rid of this tail. she looked at the alarm clock, 11 :15. she was tiered maybe a nap would help.....


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