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"Goodbye Daddy." I kissed my father's cheek as he went down to the dock.

I turned around towards my mother who was waiting for me to go down for some more cleaning. Bleh. How I hated to clean.

My mother had brown hair very unlike my father and my raven hair. My emerald eyes shone at our tiny kitchen. Why did I have to live in a quiet, boring, little village that no one ever heard of? A tiny Britain town in the middle of Denmark on top of the cold sea. I needed to do something, anything.

"Mom, can I go over to Adina's house after chores today?"

My mom stared at me with her bottomless blue eyes, as if she was seeing through my soul. I involuntarily shuddered. She looked at me for one more minute.

"I think you deserve it, Harriot for your hard work yesterday. Now go scurry at your chores."

I hurried over the chicken coop and started my long list of chores.

At noon I was dressed up to walk over to the other side of the small village. With my customary black robe I walked on the dock. The old dock had been hanging over the sea as far as anyone could remember. Some people said the reason it stood against all storms was that it was protected by magic. I didn't believe in magic. Although mom always had a thoughtful look whenever someone scurried over the bridge scared that if they walked too slow...poof!

I was never scared to walk over the dock. I looked down at the forbidden, peaceful water. Mom had never let me swim in water. She had said her sister had drowned in these waters and that was that. I always felt the water was calling to me, but mom said it was nothing.

The water rippled, different from its peaceful self. A red head slowly emerged. I stumbled back looking around. Everyone had disappeared from view. The dock was silent.

I looked at the youthful redhead, "Who are you?"

"I am Lily Evans or Lily Potter. My code name is Ariel. If you ever speak of me anywhere but here, call me Ariel. They will understand."

"Understand...? Listen, who are you?" I asked bewildered.

"You might ask, what am I..." She flipped on her back, showing her emerald tail that matched her eyes.

"There is not much time to talk. Listen, this is very important, I am your mother. Or your real mother at least."

"That can't be true! My mom is at home and she loves me! And I'm not a mermaid anyway. You're lying!" I yelled.

"Oh really? Has your mother ever let you swim in the ocean?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

"No, but that's because her sister drowned!" I couldn't possibly believe this, could I?

"Just get in the water and we'll find out, won't we?"

"Fine, just to suppress your doubts."

I jumped into the water after taking off my black robe. I dog-paddled for a few seconds.

"See? No tail-"

I felt a pull at my legs. It felt as though someone was twisting my legs together into a braid, yet it didn't hurt. The next second I had a gold tail with silver seashells.

"Nice do! I only got an emerald tail with amethyst shells." Lily, no, Ariel twisted in the water showing the glimmering shells and tail.

"Now, I must tell you of the reason I came up to the surface. You have been accepted to the Atlantis Academy for Mermaidory and Wizardry. It's basically for Mermaids and Wizards. It's mandatory so-"

"I would love to come!" I basically pushed Ariel from the surface, "Lead the way!"

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