The Coral Crown

Chapter three

Tears filled my eyes as I blinked to keep them away. Then I remembered we were underwater and just let the invisible stream come from my eyes. I turned away from Morgan with her apologetic look and swam toward the others. When I got ther, they all had a look resembling Morgan's. All except Maria, who seemed like she couldn't be any happier. I just stared at them with a blank expression on my face.Why hadn't any of them told me? It was then, that I turned and swam away, not wanting to be around people who kept ecrets from me.

I swam for what seemed like hours, until I found a cave like the one that I had woken up in. I climed inside and pulled myself up out of the water. I thought about my foster parents. I realized that the feeling I was having about them. I thought about how my "Mom" would always expect me to taje care of the younger ones so that she could go out and spend the checks she got on things like jewelry or clothes, rather than spend them on food for us like they were supposed to be used.

I remember how my "dad" always stared at me like I was a toy. I always locked my door every night and pulling my dresser in front of it, having my two "Sisters" in their bunk beds, sleeping soundly, wondering who would protect them when I was gone. The thought made me shiver, and I pushed myself off the rocks into the warm water. Who cared if I lived alone in the water? I could manage. I would omehow find food, and I could sleep in this cave. Just then, a thought came into my head and made me smile. I'd heard stories of mermaids, and I wondered if they were true. The one thing I wanted to know most was wether or not I could turn back into a human if I dried myself off. I swam as fast as I could to the surface, looking for the closest island or beach. I couldn't see any land at all, so I decided to just pick a direction and swim. I swam subconscioudly for a while until I swam head first into a very hard and very large rock, getting knocked out. When I awoke, I swam up to see what the rock was. To my relief, it was an island. I was thrilled to find shore and test my theory.