Jan pov: I'm so excited that Dean and I are going back to Icky Icky Island for summer break.
"And what's even better is that our cousin Serena is coming with us!" I thought happily, I turned to face her.
Serena is fourteen with tan skin, strawberry blond hair in a bob cut, she has sparkling blue eyes and a heart shaped birthmark on her left shoulder.
Her outfit is her favorite one which she's wearing right now, a white sundress with light blue sandals that have red gems on them.
"I can't wait for you to meet our friends!" Dean said happily, Serena smiled at his enthusiasm. "I'm sure we'll get along." Serena replied.
"Hey, Serena?" I started, she turned to me. "Are you gonna tell Uncle Woody?" I asked her, Dean looked at me nervously.
"I'm not telling him." Serena responded softly, pretty much everyone in the family minus our Uncle, knew about Serena's past.
Uncle Woody is the only one in our family who didn't know that Serena isn't our sister but is really our cousin like he thought she was.
"But I really think he should know." I told her, the three of us reached the souvenir shop and waited for Uncle Woody to come.
"WA-HOO!" Uncle Woody's voice rang out, he's on time for once. "Look at how happy he is." Serena said with a small frown.
We watched as he did some donuts with his jeep. "I can't drop that bombshell on him." Serena told us, Dean agreed with her but I didn't.
"Hey kids!" Uncle Woody greeted us, we smiled and hugged him. "Serena! Been too long!" Uncle Woody said with a smile.
"It hasn't been that long." Serena replied with a laugh, soon the four of us were on our way to Woody's house to settle in.
Along the way, Dean and I told Woody that we told Serena about our friends on the island and Serena assured him she'll be fine.
"Alright but everyone's wiped from the surf so you'll meet then tomorrow." Woody told us, so we agreed to chill out for the day.
Once we got to Woody's house, Dean and I showed Serena to our shared room. "Hammocks? Sweet!" Serena commented.
"Hey, Serena?" Dean started, he got her attention. "Would you please sing?" Dean asked her, I smiled at her to sing too.
"Sure, but I'm going to sing a special song." Serena told us with a smile, she got her I-pod out and played the music.
[Play Across the Sea from Mako Mermaids]
[Serena]
Though I'm far away,
Across the sea,
This moon keeps haunting me...
As I spread my wings,
And soar above,
It's you, you're guiding me...
And the morning sun,
Still shines on me,
I feel your power too...
And the passing tide,
In paradise,
As we stand beneath this full moon...
Dean and I clapped for Serena at the end of the song. "Where'd you learn that from?" I asked her, Serena smiled sadly. "From Mom." Serena replied gently, I'm an idiot.
I looked at my brother and he got the message, so we hugged our favorite cousin. "Thanks guys." Serena said with a smile, she hugged us back gently but tightly.
Once we let go, we started to put our clothes away while Dean and I filled Serena in on what happened when we first met our monster friends on the Island.
"So Knut won't try any funny stuff again, right?" Serena asked us, we assured her that Knut had learned his lesson after what happened with the water park guy.
While we talked, none of us knew that Uncle Woody was right outside the door and he had heard Serena sing her special song that she'd learn from her mother.
"Uncle Woody? What're you doing?" Dean asked him, Serena and I turned to face him. "It's dinner time." Woody told us, we smiled and went down to eat.
As we supper, Dean, Serena and I told Uncle Woody about the school year and how everyone from home was doing and he told us everything we missed.
Once dinner was done and cleaned up, the four of us headed to bed. "Can't wait for tomorrow." Serena said as she drifted off to sleep with a smile on her face.
I shook my head and put a blanket over Serena then I got into my hammock and fell asleep dreaming of the adventures will have tomorrow morning.
First chapter done! I don't own the song in this chapter, please review and no flames!