Chapter 2

Surprise Surprise

"Excuse me?" Came a voice from behind Marty who became immediately confused. Wasn't he underwater? He spun around (as fast as you could possibly spin underwater) startling both the girl and himself.

"HOLY SH-... SH- OH My GOD!" Marty said moving away from the mermaid that was in front of him. A REAL FREAKING MERMAID! Marty's brain screamed. He soon found it difficult to breathe and realized he was breathing too hard. Getting his breathing and heart rate under control was no easy task but he still managed to do it and quickly too. He looked at the mermaid and marveled at how beautiful she was. Bright red hair the was floating all over as if it had a mind of its own, flawless pale skin, bright green tail, purple seashell bra, she was stunning and looked so weird floating there so comfortable and content. She looked like he was in space, floating perfectly still and when she moved she glided through the water so gracefully.

"I didn't mean to scare you" Ariel said putting on her comfort face. She could tell there was something... unfishy about this creature that had two fins and a black body like a whale. However Ariel never let a good adventure pass by so she continued to talk.

"What are you?" Ariel asked swimming over to him and circling him like a shark.

"What do you mean?" Marty responded nervously. His voice was shaky and he couldn't believe what was happening.

"I've never see a creature like you before, your half human half merfolk" Ariel said still circling him. She finally stopped swimming and looked him in the face.

Now Marty was freaking out. It took him all his strength to not run away or pass out or yell at the top of his lungs. Ariel smiled and reached out to touch him. She hesitated for a second then slowly reached out to feel his weird lack skin. What kind of creature is he? Ariel thought to herself letting her curiosity get the better of her.

Oh no she going to touch me! Marty thought panicking. He instinctively moved back which made Ariel move closer.

"Whats wrong?" She said in her sweet caring voice. Her soothing voice did very little to calm down Marty who had had enough. He had herd the tales of mermaids drowning sailors, cruel, evil, they seem sweet but will lead you to your death.

Marty spun around and began swimming away as fast and furiously as he could. Leaving a trail of bubbles in his wake. Ariel floated motionless pondering what to do before snapping back into reality.

"Wait!" Ariel yelled swimming after him. "Wait!" She yelled again. Marty looked back to see her swimming after him... and fast. There was no way he would be able to out swim her! He turned his attention away from the mermaid and looked to see where he was going... before smashing into a reef.

Ariel watched in horror as the scared fish slammed into a coral reef. It floated there for a moment before floating down to the ocean floor landing in a cloud of dust.

"Poor thing" Ariel said to herself as flounder swam up to her.

"Why was it scared of you?" Flounder asked.

"Maybe its never seen a mermaid before... just like when we first met. You were so scared and cute" Ariel said smiling at the memory.

She swam over to the creature and looked at it more closely.

"Its hideous" Flounder said. He examined the "fins" of the creature and looked at the face mask.

"FLOUNDER!" Ariel said in a hurt tone. "That's not nice! He's just like you and me" Ariel said playfully hitting flounder.

"Sorry" Flounder said grinning. Ariel swam over and looked at the creatures face. It was covered with some sort of glass. Funny, Ariel thought to herself, I thought only humans use glass?

Ariel saw that there were bubbles coming out of the mask and noticed he was breathing.

Ariel reached out to take off the mask and was startled when he started to open his eyes.

Chapter 3

Who Are YOU!