I woke up coughing on a beach. "Were am I?" A boy, about my age, was crouched beside me. "Ahhh, what are you looking at?"
"You, I'm glad you're finally awake,"
"What?"
"You've been asleep for hours and you might want to get some clothes on,"
"Clothes, huh?"
"Um, you're naked,"
"Huh, ahhh, were's my tail?"
"Tail?"
"Um, I have to go,"
"Wait…" The boy yelled after me but his voice was muffled as I dive into the water. I grabbed the piece of coral on a chain around my neck a pressed hard. Thank goodness, it worked. My icy blue tail started to form and my legs twined together. I could breathe normally. I remembered last night, what Hanon ad told me. "Nearly all of the mermaid kingdoms have been destroyed. You must go on a quest, like I did, and find the five other mermaid princess and use you corals to defeat the Dark Apostles once and for all," I fiddled with the coral hanging around my neck. I needed time to think. There was only one thing I could do. Stay here and wait, figure out where I am and make a plan.
I swam away, pressed my coral again but I didn't turn into a school girl, I turned into a singer, like Hanon's Agua Pearl Voice. I decided to name myself Air Coral Voice as my element is air and I have a special coral. A plan had started to form in my mind. Depending on how long I was going to stay here, or anywhere, if I needed money I could sing at the local restaurants and cafes. Perfect! I pressed my coral again and returned into my Kasumi Kondo form, this time, with clothes. I waded up to the beach and saw the boy walking away.
"WAIT!" He turned around and sprinted back.
"Come with me, there is someone you must meet," The boy grabbed my hand and dragged me towards a motorbike. "Get on," He chucked me a helmet and I quickly did it up before jumping onto the bike. We stopped at a house, about 5 minutes later. The boy got straight off and walked up to the front door. "Oh, hello Makito, what can I do for you?" The lady at the door asked.
"I need to speak to Miaka, urgently," Makito said and we were quickly ushered inside. I followed Makito upstaris to a bedroom. Miaka, I assume that's who it was, opened the door.
"Makito, what are you doing here?" She scowled. She then looked at me and saw my necklace. That's when I noticed she was wearng one too. Before I could react shehad dragged me down the hall and locked us in the bathroom, Makito yelling and banging on the door. "Get in the bathtub," She told me in a stern voice, "Now..." I knew what she was going to say, press the coral so efore she finished the sentence I had pressed the coral and instead of legs I had a tail. "Phew, I'm sorry, just checking. I thoughtthe Dark Apostles might have stolen your soul Kasumi," I remembered know. Miaka was from the kingdom of Alkador in the Indian Ocean. Her element was fire and she was one of the 6 princesses. I had found the first princess.