Chapter Two: The Findings & the Reveal

Author's Comment: Hope you guys loved the last chapter! This story is just about to get interesting.

Disclaimer: i'm not Scott Fellows, so no, I don't own Big Time Rush.

Narrator's POV

Today, it was a Monday, which meant that Logan, being a good son to his parents, got up early and prepared for another week of school, only this week was the last week of school. Exams and test score were being scored, spirit week was going on, and the senior graduation was on Friday. Logan didn't have a problem with it because students and teacher did pretty much nothing on the last week of school. It didn't matter if you came to class, or skipped classes. They all didn't care. So, Logan decided to just go to the library and read.

When Logan's mom dropped him off to school, he walked in to his first period before the bell rang to talk to his teacher, (and as the students called her by) Ms. Kelly.

She caught Logan walking in. "Logan! Great to see you. Having a good morning?" she greeted.

"Yes, Ms. Kelly. I'm having a good morning."

"Great! How was your weekend?"

"Um, i'd say pretty bazaar. Listen, Ms. Kelly. I just came in here so that you know that i'm here and you won't mark me absent. Gotta keep my perfect attendance record on track." he said.

"Oh, sure! No problem. I'll mark you present right now." she said, logging on to her student attendance sheet on her computer.

"And I was wondering, would it be okay if I hung out at the library for today? Im gonna research something in the books."

"Okay, that's great. Ahh, Logan. Always know what's best for you. Its why you're my best honor student."

They both smiled. "Thank, Ms. Kelly. I'll be off now, have a great day!"

"You too, Logan!" she replied.

Logan went out of the classroom and headed towards the stairwell up to the second floor to get to the library.

Usually, the library would be packed with students doing their unfinished homework assignments and projects that were due at the beginning of class. But today, there were only few. They were probably playing hookie or throwing water balloons filled with paint onto the teachers' cars. Logan walked through the paths between the bookshelves to find a book he could read. As he was walking through, a book caught his eye. A very large and old book to be exact. He pulled it out from its place and held it on his hands.

The book was quite dusty, so he blew off the dust and wiped the cover, which read "The Complete Encyclopedia of Legends and Myths". He decided that it would be an interesting book to read, so he sat down on one of the tables and began to open the Table of Contents of the book. Normally, a book's Table of Contents were just a page, but this book took 16 pages of contents, which was quite amazing because he'd never read a book like this before. He scrolled his eyes down the path of contents. From "Dracula" to "El Chupacabra" to "The Abominable Snowman" and all these myths and creatures that seemed to be "unexplainable". He caught sight of one particular legend, "The Pulchritudinous Trio".

Logan was curious about this legend. So he turned to the page and gazed upon the picture of three young mermen. He read the legend:

"The Pulchritudinous Trio"

The Pulchritudinous Trio has been said to be the most saddening legend there is. The legend speaks about three young teenage boys who were practically best friends. Arclos, Majes, and Klandle were their names. They were handsome, attractive, but also mischievous. They loved to play around. One day their mothers couldn't take them. They refused to do any of their chores because all they wanted to do was swim in the ocean. So, they sent the three boys to their god-mothers. One day, each of their god-mothers sent them to do a task for their houses. Arclos sent to gather fruit from the orange tree, Majes sent to gather firewood, and Klandle sent to gather fish. And one god-mother said, "If you swim in the water, you will turned into a horrific creature, being half a fish, and half a man." The three boys didn't listen and also want to do their chores, so they told each other to go down to the beach to swim. What they didn't know was that their god-mothers were watching them. As they stepped into the water, their legs began utterly slimy. Their god-mothers cursed them with this spell. They were then banished out to see, never to return again. For ages, centuries, people have been reporting sitings of three handsome young mermen just out the coast of California. People have wanting to encounter these three beings, but never came out. The legend still exists today.

Californian Legends

Logan was amazed about this story. But something wasn't quite right. Something didn't made sense to him. Why is it a coincidence to him about three young teen boys. Then, he flash backed to yesterday where he met Carlos, James, and Kendall. Something did add-up. He reread the story again. He studied it, and found something. Something that would dare change him forever. He looked at the names and tried to anagram them to see if he could make out anything. And there were the three words, "Carlos, James, and Kendall."

His eyes widened in shocked and jumped out of the chair. He ran out of the library, out of the school, and ran back home to get some things straight. When came into his house, there was silence. His parents were usually off to work. He ran up to his room and started pacing back and forth, thinking to himself about the past experiences. The three boys, the legend, and the three mysterious bumps on the water. But, something interrupted his mind. He heard laughter outside. He looked out his window, and there he saw, Carlos, James, and Kendall, walking on the beach in front of his house. But this time, they had legs. So, Logan had to make sure.

A plan was devising in his big brain of his. He wanted to experiment, and that's what he was just about to do. So, he took his shades and headed off towards the beach. The three boys were on the left of the beach plot while Logan was on the far right, he turned his head a little to see if they were looking. Yes, he caught them, they were walking towards him. So, what he did was took his shirt off and went into the water and began to swim. He waited for them until they stood at the front of where he was swimming.

"Come on in guys! The water's great!" Logan yelled.

"Uh, no thanks! We just ate!" Kendall yelled.

"But, its fun!"

"Nah, we're good!"

Then, Logan's plan began to stir up. He pretended that something caught his leg and pretended to be drowning.

He went down into the water and surfaced to gasp for help.

"GUYS, HELP!" Logan shrieked, hoping they would come into the water."

They looked like they were conflicting with each other.

James POV

I had no idea what to do. WE all didn't know what to do! I didn't want Logan to find out about us being mermen! We were all conflicting with each other about what would he think if he found out or what would happen if we didn't save him.

"Dude, come on. He's our only friend!" Kendall complained.

"Yeah, but what would he think about him being in the presence of "us"?" I said.

"Forget it! I'm going in to save him! I don't give a damn about him not liking us if we're mermen. I just want him safe!" Carlos yelled. He went for the water and swam towards Logan, who was now going down underwater. As Carlos was swimming, his feet began to grow scales, and then fully formed into a fish tail.

Carlos POV

I didn't want Logan to die, and I had no other choice. He could be our only friend that would like us. Plus, I don't know how to explain this, but I think I like him...

I continued swimming towards him as he was plunging to the bottom. I grabbed him by the waist and started to surface up the water. I looked at him. His eyes were opening. At that moment I didn't even care if he saw me as a fish. I just wanted him to be safe and sound on shore. I surfaced and swam to shore to place Logan on the beach. I laid him down as he was coughing out water. He seemed shocked, which made him back away.

Logan POV

I absolutely was in shock. I was right, they're the Pulchritudinous Trio. I couldn't believe I was encountering this.

"Y-y-you're, you're the three mermen in the legend in the book!" I shrieked.

Carlos sighed, he looked disappointed. "Yes, its true. We're mermen."

I stayed there, speechless. I can't believe it, three mermen in front of me. It was amazing, yet shocking.

"Come on guys, he probably doesn't like us too." James said, and with that they began walking towards the water.

"Wait!" I yelled. "What do you mean I don't like you? Having this opportunity to encounter people like you is like a once in a lifetime moment! Look, i'm sorry for freaking out. Friends?" I said, giving them a half smile, both a disappointing look and a saddened face.

Carlos smiled and came back to shore, his human legs beginning to form. He didn't say anything, but he hugged me. I was surprised but I hugged back. I whispered into his ear.

"Thanks for saving me, again." I chuckled. And so did he.

"You're welcome." he said. I stared at James and Kendall, they were both smiling.

A/N: Well, even myself knows that this was a sucky chapter. Reviews and comments are greatly appreciated. Also, feel free to give me ideas in your comments. Thanks for reading, next chapter coming up for ya! See you there!

- Drew