Just Add Water

Chapter 8

Recently Gray had become more and more curious about how the girls became mermaids so he asked to be taken to Tendrou Island. Erza and Juvia were busy so Lucy decided to take him.

"So this is the place that turned you three into fish." Gray said once inside the volcano where the moon pool was.

"Mermaids Gray." Lucy corrected. "We're only half fish."

"That's what I meant. You know I gotta tell you that this place is amazing. I can't believe that I'm actually inside of a volcano."

"It is pretty neat."

"And you said that you all were in this pool when you transformed."

"Yep."

"Interesting." Gray sat by the edge of the pool and ran a hand through the water. It was very blue but it seemed like regular water. "You think that anything would happen to me if I got in it?"

"I don't think so. It happened to us at night and it's day time now."

Gray took off his shirt and put on his goggles, he then jumped into the pool. Swimming around, he searched to see if there was anything unusual down there that would explain how and why this happened. But all he found was sand. No wait, there was something else down there. Something shiny.

He swam closer down, picked it up, and swam back to the surface of the pool. What he had found was a silver, circle shaped locket with a matching silver chain and a small sapphire embedded in it.

"What's that?" Lucy asked.

"I found it at the bottom of the pool. Recognize it?"

"No. I've never seen it before but it looks antique and it's really pretty."

"Antique huh...I think I'll keep this for research. If there's no connection then I'll just sell it. I could use some money."

"If you're short on cash why don't you get a job like Juvia did?"

"Juvia has a job?"

"She's working at my dad's marine park. She's feeding the marine mammals."

"Isn't that a little risky? What if she gets splashed?"

"That's what I thought but she said she found a way to avoid that possiblity."

At the marine park Juvia had dressed herself in an apron, wore rubber gloves, and used tongs to hold the wet fish that she would feed the dolphins. The dolphins took an almost immediate liking Juvia and they always did tricks for her whenever she came to feed them.

"Well Miss Lockser." Said her employer Jura Neekis. "I wasn't sure about hiring you due to your young age but I now see that I made the right choice."

"Really?"

"Yes you're hard working, always on time, and the dolphins love you. I think you'll be working with us for a very long time."

"That's good to hear sir."

"Keep up the good work."

"I will."

When she was on her lunch break Gray came to visit her.

"Any wet related accidents?" He asked her before biting into a caramade frank.

"Nope. I've got everything under control." She said. "How was your trip to Tendrou Island? Did you find anything unusual?"

"No. Just regular sand, rocks, and water."

"Well you're a smart guy Gray, I know you'll find something." She assured him.

"I guess but you know I did find something interesting."