H20 Just Add INGO.
I have decided to make a H20 Just Add Water and INGO cross over because I thought it would make a funny story with the H20 girls coming to terms with a girl who can take in oxygen under water and that theirs a whole world that they didn't know about. And Sapphire and Faro learning about that there are mermaids and about the moon pool. I've made Sapphire 16 now so she can interact better with the H20 girls and so she can start working on the promise she gave to the whales in the Crossing of INGO to help them. She going to get a job at the aquarium that Cleo works at because of her ability to communicate with the animals.
This is a test chapter so feel free to criticise so I can make it better.
Chapter 1.
Cleo, Rikki and Emma were in class waiting for the bell to ring when the teacher announced they were getting a transfer student from Cornwall in a few days. The bell rang and the girls decided to head for Mako Island to relax after the school day.
"So what do you think the new transfer student will be like?" asked Cleo out of the blue.
"I don't know Cornwall is very close to the sea so he or she might spend a lot of time in the sea." says Emma.
"We better be careful if they do swim a lot then." says Rikki.
A few days later the teacher introduced the new transfer.
"This is Sapphire Trewhella."
Sapphire had long flowing brown hair and crystal like eyes.(Tell me if I got the hair colour wrong and what the eye colour is.) She was wearing a light blue t-shirt, dark blue jeans and blue sandals. Her bare arms showed a bit of muscle enough to show she exercised them a lot but not to an extent that they were a bit much. Her curves also showed she exercised a lot.
"Hi." she said nervously. Without saying anything else she sat at the back.
The day went on pretty much the same. When the bell rang at the end of school Cleo went to her job at the aquarium when her boss said there would be another girl joining, it was Sapphire. While they were working Cleo decided to ask her some questions.
"So Sapphire did you do a lot of swimming back in Cornwall?" Cleo asked.
"Yeah I live along the coast line in a cottage. My father introduced me and my brother at a early age so I can hold my breath for longer that average and I'm a extremely strong swimmer." Sapphire replied.
What's your brother's name?"
"Connor, he's 2 years older than me.".
"I have a sister Kim."
The conversation went on with the average questions asked. Cleo left ahead of Sapphire but had to go back to retrieve her coat. She got her coat and was about to leave again when she heard a sound and went to investigate, she rounded the corner and saw Sapphire playing with one of the Dolphins. It came to the edge and faced Sapphire but what happened next was strange. The Dolphin let off a volley of clicks and whistles and then Sapphire began talking back to it but not in English but in her own volley of clicks and whistles. Her voice sounded almost as if it was an actual Dolphins and then it seemed as if she and the Dolphin were having a conversation and they understood each other. Sapphire got up and with a final wave at the Dolphin she left.
"It was really strange it was if they understood each other." said Cleo, she had gathered with Emma, Rikki and Lewis at the Juice bar and was telling what she saw.
"Cleo your over reacting." said Lewis.
"Maybe your right."
"Come on we'll go for a swim." says Emma.
The 3 girls walked down to the beach when they saw Sapphire sitting atop a rock right above the water she looked relaxed and happy. Then she got up and stood at the edge obviously intending to jump in, putting her arms into the diving position she breathed out and jumped into the sea. But after a minute she still did not surface.
"Where is she?" asked Cleo.
"Did you see she breathed out not in before jumping." said Rikki.
"Still she might of banged her head on a rock when she dived we should see if that's the case." said Emma jumping in shortly followed by Cleo and Rikki.
Sapphire swam deep beneath the Skin, everything was so clear compared to Cornwall. She had been here once before travelling around the world by the sea in the Crossing Of INGO. She had made a promise to a Pod of Whales to help stop their kind being harmed by humans and that why she was here, she would study to become a marine biologist and help the sea life and INGO. She had to remember that Faro was not here to protect her and show her the currents so she had to swim carefully to avoid being taken off by a rouge current.
Sapphire felt strangely drawn to what the locals called Mako island, maybe some of the Mer she had met in the Crossing lived their, it had to be important for the sharks to be guarding it. Still the Mer she met last time weren't very friendly and she doubted without Faro or Elvira she would have been safe. She thought about the dolphin she met at the Aquarium, the humans called her Silky but Sapphire knew her real name was Song Rider because she talked to her. Song Rider was there because she got caught in a fishing net and badly injured before being rescued, once she was healed she could go free Sapphire could not wait to see Song Rider free in her natural habitat.
Sapphire felt a movement in the water, it was big but it didn't feel like a shark. What if it was a diver, humans who dare to bring air into INGO. She had to get above the Skin if a human saw her down this far without air it would probably scare him/her. Too late it was moving too fast she turned to see a female Mer staring right back at her, no wait it wasn't any Mer she'd seen before instead of the sleek and seal like tail that blended into the waist she had a golden scaly tail that cut off at the waist and a bra-top made of the same stuff as her tail. She had long golden hair and green eyes Sapphire was sure she'd seen that face before, and once more she wasn't taking in oxygen from the water but holding her breath. There was no doubt about it this was a Mermaid from a book, but Faro said that Humans just made them up and they weren't real.
The girls hadn't found Sapphire so decided to see if she was taken off by the current. Emma deep under water was speed swimming towards Mako when she saw a human out line not too far off, her first guess was it was a diver because it had legs. As she got closer she saw the person had no tank, but it was too deep to be a free diver. She saw it was a girl from the long brown hair and shape and she currently had her back to Emma. Suddenly the girl turned round to show it was Sapphire and when she saw Emma her face showed both shock and recognition then confusion. What Emma noticed was that Sapphire wasn't holding her breath was seemed to be fine so far down, like she didn't need air. Sapphire's mouth opened and to Emma's surprise words reached her ears as if they were above water.
"Are you a Mer?" she spoke no air bubbles escaping her mouth. She just said Mer not Mermaid Emma wondered why, she wanted to know how it was possible for Sapphire to not be drowning and for her to be able to speak. Emma was running out of air by now and Sapphire noticed this.
"Do you need to get above the Skin?" she asked. Emma guessed that was her word for the surface so she nodded.
Sapphire swam with her and was able to keep up with Emma as she swam up. Emma got above the surface and was able to breath but she saw Sapphire hadn't come up with her but instead stayed just below. Emma took another lungful of air then went back under to see Sapphire waiting patiently Emma needed answers and since she couldn't speak underwater they would have to communicate on land. Emma pointed to Mako island.
"You want to talk about this on Mako island?" asked Sapphire, Emma nodded again.
Emma and Sapphire swam side by side to Mako and Emma decided it was best to take Sapphire to the Moon pool to where she was to meet Cleo and Rikki, she didn't know why but she felt she could trust Sapphire with the location of the Moon pool and her secret. Emma swam to the sea entrance to the moon pool and entered the cave Sapphire following.
Sapphire swam through the underwater cave after Emma, this place felt powerful and at home. They finally reached the end with opened into a pool and a big cave. Sapphire braced her self for the pain of breaking the Skin but when she did surprisingly it no pain came, this place where the Mermaid had brought her was full of INGO that she felt no pain. This place would be sacred to the Mer if they lived here. That's when Sapphire noticed the 2 other presences enter this sacred place through the underwater entrance. Looking around two more head surfaced both female and with the Scaly tails and tops, one another blond while the other a familiar brunette.
"Sapphire/Cleo?" both said at the same time.
So what do you think? Please tell me what you think needs changed, added or taken away. And what you think would make good plot twist.
