One Direction Adopted... A WHAT!?

Chapter 1~ I'm Skylar

I'm Skylar Mia Peterson.

I'm 12 years old.

I live in an orphanage in Western California. I have lived here for 5 years now.

Not once have people even thought about fostering me.

I ended up in this orphanage when I was 7 because, well, I actually have no idea. All I remember is my mother carrying me in a rain storm, she put me down outside a massive building (which I later found out was this orphanage), and she just walked away and never looked back. All I remember after that was her whispering to me "I love you, never forget that, goodbye" And she was gone. 

Just like that. 

I remember waking up here, I'm told now they found me asleep on the doorstep and brought me in.

I've been here ever since. 

Apparently I was left with a note tucked in my thin coat's pocket saying my name (not surname), date of birth, and that my mother simply couldn't look after me, because she was too depressed or something like that. 

The 'Peterson' surname I have now was given to me because it's the owner of the orphanage's surname.

Anyway, on a slightly more cheerful note, here is a bit more about me...

I have light blonde, slightly wavy hair, that comes down to the top of my hips. (It's that long because I've ever never had it cut, but I don't mind, I like my long hair but the split ends are kind of annoying)

The ends of my hair are dyed a light blue color, with some streaks going right up my hair. A girl who lives here did it for me, the only person who's nice to me, everybody bullies me, she's 15 and her name is Annabella.  

I have grey-blue eyes, a light skin-tone, I have no idea how tall I am really, maybe about 5"1? I'm rather skinny as we don't get fed much in here. A meal a day? Two if we're lucky.

We are sort of home-schooled here by a nanny who works here.

Oh, and one other tiny fact;

I am a mermaid. 

Allow me to explain...

When I was 10 years old, I escaped this hell-hole for one night.

We are only two blocks from the Californian beach, so I walked down there. It was dark, and I explored the rocks for a few minutes, just running my fingers along them, the cold surface tingling on my fingertips. Suddenly, one of the rocks started to sparkle, and then it just disappeared.

The gap it left was just big enough for me to crawl through, so I did and there was a cave with a round pool in the center. The water was glowing a bright blue, I felt as if I was getting pulled towards it.

I sat down, took off my worn-down brown sandals, and dangled by feet in the water. It was surprisingly warm and I pushed myself in, fully clothed in all we were ever given, leggings and a dull, plain t-shirt. I did a doggy-paddle-thing to stay up on the surface since I couln't really swim. The water was surprisingly deep. 

All of a sudden, bubbles surrounded me and I felt a strange sensation in my legs. Once the bubbles had died down, I looked at my legs to not have legs, but actually a light blue shimmery, scaled tail, and a scaled bikini top the same color. I felt like I was in a fairy tale story! It felt absolutely amazing and I wanted to stay in that pool forever.

I swam in little circles, looking at my body. But I knew I couldn't stay, so I hauled myself out of the water and onto the sandy bank in the cave. I rested my hands on my tail wondering how I could get back, if I could, and suddenly steam rose off my hands.

A few seconds later, my tail had somehow dried off and my legs were back and I was wearing my same dirty clothes as before. I pulled my sandals on,and took a last look around, I am defiantly coming back here again. 

I walked out and as I looked back, the rock that had once disappeared was back, and it was carved with writing. It said

'If you want to come back inside here, place your hands back on this stone. Telling your secret leads to trouble, if you tell someone who could do you wrong. If you touch water, your secret will be gone. You will figure out your powers and limits as you go along. Be careful' 

I was taught to read so I understood the message. The message then faded away and I made my way back 'home'. 

I told Annabella and nobody else knows.

Nobody else will ever know. 

I figured out how if I cried, I didn't change, if I drank water without a straw I did change. One drop gets on my skin, I change after 10 seconds. To get to human form from my mermaid one, I have to dry my tail. 

I have 3 powers so far, I don't yet know if I will get more. I can boil water (that's how I dry off), I can freeze water, and I can hear so much better now. 

I don't know if there are any other people like me out there, and, I doubt it really.