Starring:
Lily McCartney
Mya Chadwick
Jayne Gilbert
Kat Benjamin
Meredith Watts ford
Meredith's POV
"This is your stop!" The old man who was driving my taxi croaked when we got to the orphanage. "Thanks." I said. "Bye." I didn't have to pay money because the guy was pre paid by Amy, the owner of the orphanage. I stepped out of the taxi and walked towards t he large, white building. I hope this orphanage is nothing like Anne's. I walked into the orphanage. "Oh, hello!" A lady with short, brown hair greeted me. "You must be Meredith. I'm Amy. Your room is over there." "Okay." I said, walking into the room. There were five plain, white beds, light brown wooden floors, and sky blue walls. I looked around. There were four other girls. One was brushing her hair, two were reading, and one was listening to music. The girl brushing her hair looked up. She had sun-kissed skin, blue eyes, and long, curly blond hair. "Omigod! You must be Meridith! Hi! I'm Kat!" She smiled, stood up, and gave me a bone crushing hug. Okay, so I guess I have a friend. Thank god. I would hate to be loser girl Meredith. Again. The girl listening to music looked up. "Hey. I'm Mya." She had less enthusiasm than Kat, but I didn't mind. Mya had slightly tanned skin, wild, shoulder length blond curls (that I doubt she ever brushed, unlike Kat) and hazel-green eyes. I smiled. "I'm Jayne," A tall girl with long, straight blond hair and piercing blue eyes said, looking up from her book. "And this is Lily." She gestured to the other girl, who had curly brown hair and brown eyes. "Well… Hi everyone!" I said. "What happened to your parents?" Kat blurted out, and then gasped and covered her mouth. "I mean, sorry, I, you don't have to say anything, sorry." I smiled. "It's okay." I said. "My parents disappeared when I was 2. My mom was meeting up with some old friends and my Dad went with her. They never returned. Kat gasped. "Really? Mine, too! Like, the exact same thing. I was two, Mum was meeting up with old friends, Dad came with, never found!" "That's so creepy!" I said. "Especially since it happened to me, too," Mya said, and I cold tell she wasn't lying. "Yeah, same with me." Jayne and Lily said. "Maybe they were all going to meet up with each other." Said Jayne. "Do any of you guys have some things of your parents? Maybe they would have clues." I pulled out my Mom's old diaries from my bag. "These were my Mom's." I said. "Go ahead, read!" Mya said. Jayne glared at her, and then smiled at me. "If your comfortable reading it, that is." She said. "Yeah, it's fine." I said, and read the first book. They talked about mermaids, and a moon pool, and a boy named Lewis a lot. "Okay, so she knew my mom." Jayne said. "And mine." Mya said. "And mine." Lily added. "Cleo was my ma, and Lewis was my dad. If your mom is completely sane, then ma was a… mermaid!" "Apperently, my mum wasn't such a good person." I said. Kat rushed over to hug my again. "Sorry." She said. We read the seconed book, and gathered that Ma was going to meet them, and a new mermaid, named Bella Hartley. "Bella's my mom!" Squeled Kat. "So… all of our Mom's were mermaids? Yeah, right. Your mom must have been a wacko." Jayne glared at Mya. "Shut up!" She hissed. "No, it's fine. I said. "I kind of agree with her." Mya smirked. "I-I have a really tiny diary that my mom had. I read it once, and it talked about Charlotte, Bella, Rikki, Emma, and the whole mermaid thing. And a woman named Louise Chatham. Apparantly, Louise knew about mermaid buisness. Maybe we could go visit her." Lily said quitly. "Great idea!" Kat said. "How about tomorrow?" "No way! W e have to go to Mako first." Mya said. "To check it out." "Okay!" Said Kat. "Boo! Tomorrow is going to be the closest the moon has ever been to the earth in 14 years." Said Lily. "Nerd." Said Mya. "We can go the next day." I said. "No, I was just kidding. I'm fine." Said Lily. She was talking more loud and clear now, so she was coming out of her shy shell with me. "Ok, then, tomorrow it is." Said Jayne.