In the few days following the rescue neither both Arianne or David could forget about it. Anyone who David told said that he was just imagining it or dreamt it which only frustrated him more because he knew what he saw and what he heard it was real.
"Dude how do you even know someone was there?" asked Mitch.
"Because I felt someone holding my hand and that i heard her singing right next to me." David explain, again.
"And she just disappeared?"
"Cops told me that no one was there when they got to me, but they said someone had to have pulled me from the water." He ran his fingers through his hair, he knew this sounded crazy but nothing else made sense.
For the hundredth time that day his phone buzzed in his pocket, it was his now ex girlfriend leaving him yet another text, no doubt asking where he is. Since that night he hasn't attempted to contact her, in his mind it's over.
"Vanessa?" Even though Mitch knew the answer to that. David nodded deleting the text.
Putting his phone away they both resumed playing one of their computer games, "I'm going to look for her." David said after a few minutes.
Mitch pushed his headphones off his head, "How are you going to do that? Hold a singing contest in hopes she'll show up?"
"Not a bad idea," he joked, "No I'm going to just be at that dock as much as possible, maybe she will recognize me." A long shot he knew but he had no other ideas.
"You're looking for a needle in a hay stack, dude."
"You rescued a human?!" Marie scolded. Arianne rolled her eyes she knew Marie would give her a hard time about because Arianne stuck to her one rule and she broke it.
"What else was I supposed to do? I mean no one saw me."
"At least that is what you think, you could have just called the police and let them handle it."
"They would have been too late, besides you didn't see the pain he was in." Arianne defended. But she knew it would be useless Marie would lecture her until she was blue in the face. "But it doesn't matter now I won't see him again he never saw my face."
"But he heard your voice." Marie corrected.
"My singing voice." Arianne countred. "I don't singing that often, hell I don't even singing around people because of this legend."
"You know it isn't a legend because Mother said it is real. She told us that we will know our mates by their scent, you it's by singing."
"But I didn't know what else to do."
"I know, you did what you thought was right I'm just saying I hope it don't cost you your secret."
Marie did have a point. In saving his life she risked not only him seeing her but others as well she needed to cool it for a bit.
Two uneventful weeks have passed for them both. David hasn't given up on his search and Arianne has remained low key as she planned, unaware of David's search.
Arianne has caught herself thinking about him, it's dangerous for her to be doing that because once or twice she thought about seeking him out. That cannot happen.
He was human for goodness sake! A normal human being something she wanted to be again, who knows what would happen if she told him that she was more than she appeared to be. Besides all she needed were her two best friends. Right?
"How about a fourth of July pre show?" Arianne grinned to Marie and Jean.
They both looked at each other then looked back at her, "what are you talking about, blondie?"
"Come on." Her grinned widened as she made made her way across the upper park down to the lower part where upper Shasta Lake was.
Arianne dove into the water raising to the surface finding her friends caught up to her, "What's this per show you speak of?" Jeane asked gesturing her hands in confusion.
Arianne cleared her throat and began vocalizing enough to where they would hear, the water shimmered a silver blue light up around her. She rose her hand from the water and water spout shot from the water matching the color that surrounded her. Marie and Jeane watched as she vocalized and gave them a water show. It looked like she was making her own World of Color from Disneyland.
Elsewhere, David was on the dock that he was rescued on. He had been coming here for a month straight and he's had no such luck of finding this girl, maybe she wasn't real and his mind was just playing tricks. He wasn't one who likes to give up but he knew Mitch was right a needle in a hay stack.
He turned to head back to his car then he heard something. He listened it sounded like singing, it couldn't be! he thought. The voice got clearer and clearer it was that voice the very same voice. His gazed landed on the hill near the park he see colors, the sun had been set for two hours and it could be streetlights but it was where was coming from he was sure of it.
Taking the quickest route he knew to upper Shasta Lake he drove like his life depended on it. He rounded a corner and he saw what looked to be like some water show. He knew the town hadn't invested in water fountains that make water dance. But he could now hear the voice loud and clear it was coming from the water display. She was there.
Arianne was so delighted in entertaining her friends she didn't see the vehicle slowly approaching the park, and her friends were in such awe they didn't see it either. David parked far enough to where he wouldn't be noticed and he could approach unnoticed. As he got closer he could see two other figures watching the water show from shore, his gaze sought the water he finally saw the source of the voice. He moved quicker to see better.
He stood behind a boarded up dock and bushes but he wasn't prepared for what he saw next. That voice that rescued him is girl, and very beautiful girl at that. How was she doing that with the water and with her voice. As she sings and moves her hands the water obeys, when she rose one hand a wave appeared from under her and she rode right on top of it. And that's when David's mouth hit the ground. She had a tail, David was a gamer so he liked all those games that deal fantasy and all that. So when that tail he knew he was looking at a mermaid. Could it be a costume of sorts? But how was she doing that with water? David was confused and amazed at the same time.
As her voice hit a climactic end as did the water the colors were fading she was gently being put back in the water. Her audience, he assumed her friends, clapped and cheered at her performance David crept closer and he could see that she had a big smile on her face. She had a beautiful smile granted it was dark but he could see that smile plain as day.
"And that's a scratch of what my powers can do!" Arainne told her friends.
They continued their cheering David took one step forward and stepped on a twig causing it to snap. Marie and Jeane's sensitive ears picked up the sound instantly. Both their hands snapped in the directions of the bushes David was hiding, David saw them look in his direction. Arianne's good mood was replaced with uneasiness she knew those looks on their faces someone was here and someone had seen.
"Guys don't do anything." She tried but it was too late Marie had shifted into her black panther form and Jeane had done the same except her form was a red fox. As her friends their animal instincts was to protect their fish friend.
David blinked and shook his head. This wasn't happening first seeing a mermaid and her water show, now her buddies are human that turn into animals? Was he still in the real world?
Marie growled she could smell someone close by knowing that who ever it saw it all, her animal instinct was telling her to kill but she won't.
"Marie?" Arianne questioned Marie turned her head and growled a low growl meaning that Arianne needs get out of there.
Arianne ducked into the water and disappeared David had to make a break for it, as quick as he could he ran for his car. Marie charged.
He heard the cat closing in, he forced his legs to move faster and he finally reached his car. He turned the key and sped out of there. Marie trotted to a stop panting Jeane came up behind her the two glanced at each other he got away and saw Arianne.
