Chapter 1
Wake up, Coraline! It's time to prepare for school!" Coraline's pet seal, Seaweed yelled at Coraline.
"School? What school? I don't go to school. I don't go to school until -OHHHHH! School! Yay! Am I late? very late? Extremely late?" she shouted
"No...in fact, you are quite early. It's 7.45 now. You only need to reach there by 8.30, remember?" Seaweed said.
"What? It's 7.45 already? I am extremely late! 8.30 minus 7.45 equals...45 minutes! I need 10 minutes to shower, 10 minutes to change, 10 minutes to eat and if at my fastest speed, 5 minutes to reach school! That leaves me with...10 minutes! I need to be there early! " Carolyn ranted on and on. Seaweed rolled her eyes.
Finally, she got up and checked the time. It was...6.45... Phew, she thought. At least I now have enough time to take a bath! She smiled to herself as she thought so. She tickled Seaweed (who giggled) and stretched her wings before swimming/flying towards the bathroom. She took a look at herself in the mirror of the sink. Coraline Lorena, a merfairy sea maid (which meant that you were either magic or power, have plants and animal connection, rare and bla bla bla and swimming/flying is average) was 13 years old, the age when almost all merfairies teens reach their peak and go to Sea Academy, where merfairies rule the seven oceans and seas.
Coraline was 165cm tall, and had amber-brown eyes with quite-long eyelashes. Her petal-shaped wings were translucent white-silver with a tinge of pink. There were also flower vines on the edge of her wings. She had rosy cheeks and coral-pink lips. Her tail was a gradient of rose pinks to coral pinks and tiny flowers flowing with
sparkles. Her fins were connected by one large pearl.
She took a bath and dried her strawberry blonde hair. She then tied it up in a loose bun, tucking some strands to look more put together. Her layered hair framed her face. Then, she pinned on her signature pink flower near her bun. Taking one last look at herself, she changed into her one-shoulder top, put on her charms bracelet given by her granny and walked out of her bathroom. She then went to see her other pets and plants in her garden house. She took in one last deep breath of her favorite rosemary and walked down to the dining table.
"Good morning, Mum, Dad, I'm so excited! It's first day of school!" Coraline said as she ate her pearl pancakes with seaweed sauce and fresh orange juice. She then realized that she hadn't brought down her luggage! She rushed up to her room and pulled her pet Seaweed and her vintage floral duffle bag which her mum had placed an extendable charm on. She kissed her parents goodbye, then rushed out of the house.
Chapter 2
Swimming faster than her average speed, she swam towards the Sea Train Station. Over there, she accidentally bumped into a merfairy who looked about the same age as her. She was wearing a ponytail and a cropped top.
"Oh, I'm so sorry! Are you okay?" Coraline asked nervously, biting her lips.
"Oh, it's ok. No harm done, see? Haha, I'm Sea Ally, but call me Ally for short. Now, how 'bout you?" Ally asked friendly with a grin on her smile.
Coraline began to smile. She was definitely looking forward to making a new friend. "Hi! I'm Coraline. You can call me Coral for short. :D Wanna sit together in the carriage?"
"Sure!" Ally said with an even wider smile.
In the carriage, Ally and Coraline talked about everything and anything. Everything from boring old history of their ancestors to Music and plants and animals. They were becoming the best of friends. Sea Ally told Coraline that she was a fin-eared, and her power was to create wind. Coraline told Sea Ally that being a Sea maid, she had both animal and plant connection, but her magic was specifically Dance. Any kind of dance. From jazz to hip hop to merpop to classical.
As they reached Sea Academy, Ally and Coraline both said at the same time, "I hope that we are together! " Laughing, they swam out of the carriage.