Chapter 1- A different ending
"Sara, I thought you were the only one who could understand my loneliness." Gaito said, feeling betrayed by the one and only love of his life, the only person that ever supported him and made him feel good.
"My feelings for you have never changed. But if you don't forgive your past, this battle will rage on for all eternity!" Sara said, but the truth was that she was already feeling something else for him apart from pure love. Because she thought he'd understand, and that he'd stop this madness, however he didn't.
"I won't believe you, or anyone else!" He yelled and large bolts of lightning hit the orange princess. She fell on the ground, feeling powerless, while Gaito ordered his castle to destroy the human world.
"Please, stop this…" she begged, looking at him in the eye. For a moment, she thought he'd just put an end to this, he'd hug her and they'd live their own happy ending. But those things happen only in fairytales, and for as long as Sara could remember, her life had never been a fairytale.
This time was no different. "Shut up! You don't love me, you only love that stupid human, and you want to save him! You don't care about me!"
"I've loved you, Gaito. But it looks like it was my biggest mistake." she said and stood up. This hurt so much, because she had truly loved Gaito, but in the end, Taro Mitsuki was the first and greatest love of her life, and it was her duty to protect him from a man that was doing all he was doing just because of her.
The king of the Panthalassa tried to send new bolts of lightning against her, but an orange light was shining brightly around the mermaid princess of the Indian ocean, and it protected her as she sang, putting her heart and soul into this song like she had never done before.
Nanairo no kaze ni fukarete tooi misaki wo mezashiteta
Yoake mae kikoeta merodi
Sore wa totemo natsukashii uta
Meanwhile, the rest of the mermaids that were waiting outside Gaito's room, heard Sara's song. They were confused. Out of everything they expected her to do, this was the thing they least expected.
"What is she doing?" Rina wondered.
Coco didn't know what had happened inside that room, but there was such a strong connection between her and Sara, her best friend that she hadn't seen in years, that she felt that the only right thing to do was sing.
Higashi no sora e to habataku toritachi
Noel and Karen started singing, too.
Saa, takarajima ni nukeru chikamichi
Rina, Hanon and Luchia were the last ones to sing. Everyone was feeling that they were one, at last. The seven mermaid princesses were finally united against their enemy.
Nanatsu no umi no rakuen
Arashi no yoru no ato ni wa ai wo tsutaerutame inochi ga mata umareru
Nanatsu no kuni no merodia
Daremo ga itsuka wa koko wo tabidatsu hi ga kitemo
Watashi wa wasurenai
Aqua Regina showed up, surrounded by the brightest light they had ever seen, giving the girls a new, powerful song. Sara transformed into her idol form, wearing a long, orange gown with black details. Even though she didn't want to admit it, the darkness that had turned her pearl black was still somewhere in there, very deep below the surface, but it was there.
They won the battle and everyone left the castle that was collapsing, as its master had lost all his power. Sara was the last one to leave. She looked Gaito in the eye for a moment, but she saw nothing there. She hoped that, in the end, a miracle would happen that would rid her of all the pain, but she had to make her choices, and those choices brought sadness with them.
She swam away from the castle, following the other mermaids from a little distance, because she didn't want them to see her crying. Then she thought of Taro, of all the memories they had together, and all the new ones they'd create, and she smiled. It was time to put the past behind, and look forward to a bright future.
They finally set foot on land and went to the Pearl Piari. Walking around the city streets was a feeling Sara had forgotten, and it felt good. Certainly, there would be lots of oportunities on land, oportunities that she didn't want to lose. Now that she had a second chance to live her life free, she wasn't going to make mistakes.
Sara, Coco, Noel, Karen and Taro were each given a room at the Pearl Piari, where they would stay, at least for now. Coco and Sara sat in Coco's room.
"Wow, I've never been in the human world before!" Coco exclaimed, examining every detail of her new room. "It's great!"
"Yes, it is." Sara whispered.
"Are you ok? You don't look very well."
"I'm fine, Coco. I love it here, and I'm happy to be with you after all those years."
"Me too, Sara. Me too." the yellow mermaid said and hugged her best friend. They were happy. And nothing could ever ruin this.