I don't own Mermaid Melody. I do, however, own the Fairytale rewrites. :D
Lucia sighed, sprinting to her friend Noel. Noel was going to the Library, and Lucia wanted to tag along.
Once inside, Lucia looked around for something to read while Noel did a report...or something like that.
That's when she caught sight of it.
The mermaid princess quickly snatched the book titled Fairytales. It sounded...interesting..
After checking out the hardcover, she ran home, forgetting about the deep blue princess still in the library.
"Hanon, Rina, Caren, Coco!" Lucia panted.
"Hm?" The girls turned, looking at the pink pearl princess.
"What's up?"
"Look!" Lucia pointed to the book.
"Isn't this stuff popular in America or something?" Caren asked.
"Um.. I've never heard of 'Fairytales'. I have no clue..." Rina looked quizzically at the cover.
The aquamarine mermaid shook her head. "I don't know anything about them either."
"Let's see the book then!" Lucia excitedly grinned, and joined the girls at the table.
They flipped open the book, reading the Table of Contents with only slight difficulty.
"Er.. Rumplestiltskin?" Seira picked the title randomly, and flipped to the page.
They read the story quietly, pausing once in a while to shake their heads.
"This is so wrong." Hanon cried, putting a hand to her forehead.
"I think Americans call stuff like this 'cliched'," Coco added, flipping through a dictionary.
"What does cliched mean?" The orange pearl owner questioned.
"It means everything is very coincidental... " Caren replied.
"Ah, okay." Hanon nodded. She pulled out a felt tip marker, and began to rewrite the story.
"There was a miller who had the daughter, with the beauty even more than that of a mermaid."
She pulled random markers out for the others, and then passed the book to Rina.
"Not possible!" Coco giggled. "We're sooo pretty!"
Rina shrugged. "On with the details! Er.. ah. Her name was..." She paused.
"I'm obviously the prettiest!" Hanon spat.
"No, I am!" Lucia countered.
"Who's the prettiest here? Me, of course!" Coco shot back.
"Wait.." Seira quieted down the others. "We can use all of our names."
"That's not possible!" Lucia argued.
"She can't possibly have that many names!" Caren agreed.
"Canoco Luhari!" Coco smirked. "All of our names."
"..." The girls were silent. Rina wrote the name down and passed the storybook on, until it was finished.
"Okay."
"Erm.. Caren, read it!" Lucia quickly shoved the book into the purple princess' hands.
"Okay.." Caren flipped open the cover.
"Rumplestiltskin - The Version that makes sense.
There once was a miller who had a daughter, with the beauty even more than that of a mermaid. She was named Canoco Luhari. The miller was a greedy man, trying in every way to use his daughter to earn money. Then, one day, he had to deliver flour to the royal cook. He was a boastful guy, and as soon as he'd dropped the flour basket onto the royal kitchen counter, he babbled to the cook, 'My daughter made this! She can--' He paused to think of the most talented thing he could. '--spin gold on a flower!' He wanted to slap himself. That was stupid. 'I..I mean..' The cook cut him off with a raised eyebrow and a 'O...Okay..?'
At dinnertime, the cook questioned quietly, 'Your Highness, the Miller says his child can spin gold on a flower.. is that possible?' The King was very gullible, and cried, without stopping to answer her question, 'I want to meet such Miller's...' He paused. 'Son.' 'Daughter,' she corrected.'Yes..' The next day, he met Canoco. He announced she would show her unique "talent". He locked her in the royal greenhouse. 'Psst.' Canoco was alarmed. A slightly short man appeared seemingly out of nowhere."
Caren stopped. "I'm out of breath," She complained. She hurled it at Coco. The yellow pearl's owner caught it and continued.
"'Wassup, girly?' The man asked. 'People are always boasting and getting their heads cut off because they've lied.' He shook his head. 'Need help?' After a few moments, Canoco realized he was going to help her and nodded. 'Okay. So, what'd you boast about?' 'It wasn't me!' Canoco shouted. 'Okay, okay..just, what do you have to do?' 'Spin gold on a flower.' The short man blinked. 'What?!?!' He took a few steps back. 'Impossible. But, you can have these spools of gold. Put them around you flowers and the King will assume they've come from the flowers. In return, I want cake.' He thought for a second. 'And soda.' 'O...Kay?' And the scene was set up immediately.
The King was pleased. "Well done, Canoco." But the cook, Selma, was a teensy bit suspicious, and hid in the greenhouse that night to see if the girl could really spin gold on a flower, as he father had claimed. She was ready with a piece of cheesecake and some cherry soda, in case she got hungry. Selma accidentally dropped the cake, and watched unhappily as the fork stabbbed into the cake, the cherry soda following it, and landed in Canoco's hands. She sweatdropped."
Coco halted to a stop. "My share of reading is done." She flung the book torwards Rina.
"Canoco saw the little man, and waved him over. He saw his share of the deal, and hurried over. In mere seconds, everything had vanished. It took a few minutes for ditzy Canoco to realize he'd eaten everything, including the can, plate and fork. Canoco made a face. Selma glared down at them. She could make no sound--she was spying, after all. But if she could've, it would probably go along the lines of, 'You shitty bastard! That's my favorite plate!' Selma grimaced.
'I never got your name,' Canoco said. 'Cake,' the elf-like boy stated cooly. 'Cake?' Canoco repeated. 'Yup. You?' He asked. 'C..Canoco..' She stuttered. In hiding, Selma silently scoffed, 'This is boring! Say something like...I don't know, Steal more gold from the vault, Wanna get a room, SOMETHING, and my job will be done!!! We'll be good! I'll be able to eat!!'
Selma pressed her head into the branch. With a yawn, she woke to sunlight. Woke? 'AAAAAAAUGH!!!!!' Selma sputtered. A young maid heard the yell, and quickly rushed to her. 'Cook Selma, you need to make the wedding cake!'"
Rina groaned. "I'm tired." She pushed the book over to Lucia.
"'Wedding cake?!?!?!' Selma cried. The maid nodded. 'Hurry, Cook.' Selma shrivled up and died on the inside, but rushed to the kitchen. The King and Canoco were married, and Cake got an endless supply of cake, and everyone (excluding Selma) was happy for the rest of their days."
The girls all went down to the beach to relax their aching wrists and throats. When they were rested enough, they played a few games of volleyball and left, except Lucia, who flirted with Kaito, who just finished surfing.
Noel and Lucia came back, and they all slept over in the pink pearl owner's room.
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The next day...
Hanon yawned, getting up from the floor.
She accidentally stepped on Rina, and the green mermaid quickly fluttered her eyes open.
"What the HELL?!?!?" Rina spat.
"G..Gomen..." Hanon quickly sputtered.
"What the fuck are you doing so damn early?" An extremely cranky Caren cried.
"Well, I was getting up, and I tripped over Rina, and Rina got mad, then you woke up, then--"
"Then everyone else woke up," Coco and Lucia sighed.
"O...Ohaiyo!" Noel greeted, causing the other mermaids to sweatdrop.
After getting dressed, taking baths, brushing their teeth, and eating breakfast, the mermaids crowded around the small, colorful book.
"The Little Mermaid!"
The mermaids quickly chose to read the little mermaid. It was about mermaids, after all.
After finishing the story, the girls quickly announced, "There's nothing wrong with it!"
Hanon nodded. "It made perfect sense!"
"Not cliched even a tiny bit!" Lucia agreed.
"Absolutely fantastic!"
They all gave a thumbs up and went downstairs.