Chapter 2- The Necklace of Change

"Take this necklace here and put it on and you will be transformed into a mermaid. But do not not take off the necklace or you will turn back and lose air and die."

So he handed her the necklace and she put it on and a bright light surrounded her and transformed her. When the bright light faded away she jumped into the water. She had a red tail and a orange shell top and to Darin she looked even more beautiful than before.

Melody looked around at all the fish and then she looked at herself. "Wow, I am a mermaid. I can't believe that my wish came true." Then Darin swam up to her and said, "Do you want to go and explore around?" "Yes, I would love to." So they went off and went swimming around to every place that they could go, seeing all kinds of fish, exploring caves and even getting chased by a shark, but they got away in the nick of time.

Then the sun started to go down and Darin said, "Do you want to come with me to my secret cave and we can talk. I would like to get to know you better." "As would I." So they swam off to the cave to talk.

But far away in the frozen ice land lived the evil sea witch Morgana who was watching Melody from her crystal ball. "Oh, this is so delightful. I can capture the little girl and poison only if I can get King Triton's trident. Then I can rule the sea."

Now back in the cave Darin and Melody were talking about their life "So Melody who are your father and mother?" "Well the truth is that I am really the princess of the land. My mother is Queen Ariel and my father is King Eric." "Oh my gosh, you're the famous Melody who was born of land and sea." "What are you talking about?" "So you don't know the truth about your mother." "No, please tell me."

"Your mother was a mermaid who was the princess of Atlantica. Her father, your grandfather is King Triton. Your mother fell in love with a human man , your father. So she went to the evil sea witch Usula to get legs, but the price for legs was that she had to give up her voice and she only had three days to get your father to kiss her and not just any kiss a kiss of true love to stay a human forever.

But Usula became a human and put your father under a spell and she almost married your father, but at the wedding your mom came there and got her voice back and the spell was broken. They were going to kiss but then the sun set and the three days were over. Your mother belonged to Usula, but your grandfather came to save her by trading places with Usula and now she had your grandfather.

She now had the trident and was ruler over all the sea, but your father destroyed her. The King felt so sad for your mom the he turned her into a human and she married and had you. "But then why did she not tell me?" "Well when you were born Usula's sister Morgana tried to take you, so your mom built a wall to protect you and she did not tell you about her because she did not want you to get captured." "I'm going home now." So Melody swam home as fast as she could to talk with her mom.