"I don't know about this guys," Fallon objected. The three girls were standing on a secluded beach far enough where no one could see them.
"Come on Fallon," Leona groaned. She was growing more and more impatient.
"Should we really go swimming?" Fallon asked, still doubting herself.
"It'll be fine."
Fallon gulped. She still wasn't sure. She stood up. The three girls walked slowly to the ocean. The warm salty ocean flowed over their feet with the waves.
Ten seconds later, their tails appeared again. The awkwardness threw them into the surf.
All three of them looked at each other and giggled. This was certainly weird. "Shall we try?" Fallon asked.
"Let's do it!" Anna exclaimed.
The girls spent the better part of an hour exploring the colorful reefs surrounding San Diego. Anna watched closely as a school a fish swam past, oblivious to her. She smiled. This was too great, she decided. The girls came together again and resurfaced. They were a hundred feet from the shore.
"We should go to Tiburon island," Anna suggested.
"What if we get lost?" Fallon doubted.
"We know where to go," Leona chimed in, "Just make sure to follow us closely." And without another word, Leona dove under the waves. Anna and Fallon submerged just in time to see Leona rocketing away. Her speed surprised both of them, so they decided to test it out for themselves.
Anna flapped her fin hard a coupled of times, and it sent her speeding in the general direction of Tiburon, Fallon close behind.
Within a minute, Anna rocketed through the underwater cave right into the moon pool in Tiburon. Leona was already there, a huge grin on her face. Fallon immediately emerged right begin Anna. "Geez Anna," Fallon said sarcastically, "you need to watch your bubble trail. I've heard of eating somebody's dust but that was ridiculous."
Anna and Leona snickered at Fallon's sarcasm. Anna then turned to Leona. "What are you so happy about?" she asked.
"This. Is. Awesome!" Leona exclaimed, her whole face lighting up, "I got to swim with a dolphin! It's so incredible!"
"Ok, calm down Leona. We gotta look at the negative effects too. We can never touch water. If we do happen to grow a tail around people, do you know what they'll do? They'll run experiments on us."
"Anna's right," Fallon chimed in, "we have to constantly be careful around people and water."
"I know." Leona's smile turned to a glum frown. She looked up to the sun directly above them. Anna followed her gaze.
"Oh my god!" Anna exclaimed, "I forgot! I have track practice. I gotta go now. I cannot miss even one with state track so close." Anna didn't even give Fallon or Leona a chance to talk. She flipped and sprang back out of the moon pool. She needed to hurry.
I'm sorry guys that this is a really really short chapter. I'll try to make longer ones in the future. Anyway, please please PLEASE review if you like a chapter. Your reviews are what keep me righting. So please review what you like or dislike about in a chapter. And, I have anonymous reviews enabled so even people without accounts can review. So please review.