Dear Journal,
I've never realized just how much I still don't know about my parents' past until now.
Even with the castle wall coming down and the ocean at my fingertips, there are things that Mom and Dad won't tell me.
All I was told was that Mom used to be a mermaid until she met Dad. No one told me when she became human. Or how. I don't even know why (though I suppose Dad has something to do with that.) But the secrecy is affecting me. Grandpa won't let me anywhere in the water by myself. At first I thought I was being paranoid, but I know I'm not. Someone is always with me; I've caught Sebastian trailing me multiple times.
Grandpa won't tell me why.
And that's what led me to my first conclusion: Whatever happened with my mom, it happened when I was her age.
How do I know?
Because Grandpa started acting strange when we got into an argument and I told him I was turning sixteen and that I'm not a child.
So from now on I'm keeping an official record of everything I'm finding out.
1. Something happened when Mom was sixteen.
Sincerely, Melody