Chapter 4

The Search Begins

In the ocean three mermaid tails, one white, one lavender, and one lime green, and a dolphin were swimming frantically around.

"So where should we start looking first?" asked Liana.

"I don't know," answered Buddy. "How about the bottom?"

"Ok," agreed Layla. She paused for a minute.

"Whoa, the dog talks?" Layla asked startled.

"Yep," replied Akira. The mermaids followed Buddy to the depths of the ocean.

"It's kind of creepy here," shivered Layla.

"Don't' worry," Akira said with enthusiasm. "We're Mermaid Princesses."

"And probably the dumbest too!" snickered a voice. The Mermaid Princesses turned around and saw a gigantic pruple octopus with huge suction cups.

"Who are you!?" demanded Layla. "And why did you call us dumb?"

"I am Gallos," answered the voice. "I serve King Andreas of the Panthalassa clan and here to capture you as prisoners too!"

"King Andreas?" whispered Akira to Liana.

"Now stay put while I attack you," Gallos demanded. He charged toward Akira, Layla, and Liana. Fortunately, the Princesses dodged.

"You can run forever!" the monster stated.

"He's right," agreed Akira. "We have to do something."

"But what?" asked Liana. "What do we do?"

"Well, Kara said we had magical powers," Layla replied. "But we don't know how to use them thought."

"Akira, watch out!" Liana shouted, but it was too late. Gallos swiped Akira with his huge arms.

"AHHHHHHH!" cried Akira.

"NOOOOO!" Layla screamed. "Now we really need help!"

"Wait!" Liana paused. "Remember the horn Kara gave us?"

"Yeah! Layla answered. "Let's blow on it!" Layla put her mouth on the edge of the horn and blew as hard as she could. The horn made a whistling sound. In a second a huge ball of light appeared.

"Make the light stop!" pleaded Gallos. He shook all over and let go of Akira. The ball of light turned into a beautiful sea goddess.

"Aquamarine!" called Akira. "We need help defeating this monster!"

"Mermaid Princesses," said Aquamarine coolly. "I will teach you how to use your powers." Aquamarine waved her wand and a shell necklace appeared on each of the Mermaid Princess's neck. "In danger, open your necklace and there will be a pearl inside." Akira, Layla, and Liana opened their lockets and each of them had a different colored pearl: Akira's was white, Layla's was lavender, and Liana's was lime green.

"Then," Aquamarine continued. "Take the pearl out and it will turn into your weapons and change your forms." The Mermaid Princesses took their pearls and suddenly, they each had a weapon in their hand and had a battle uniform on. They were all wearing the same type of clothes, but in different colors. Each of them had a long sleeved shirt, with metal armor on some of it, and a long belted skirt that reached down to their ankles.

"Soon enough, the words will come to you," Aquamarine explained.

"But how will we know?" asked Liana, but then Aquamarine faded into the deep blue sea.

"Ah, finally she's gone," huffed Gallos. "Now I will continue!"

As Gallos was charging at full speed to the mermaids, words came to them.

"I can feel the words coming to me!" exclaimed Akira.

"Me too!" Layla and Liana said.

"Lily of the Valley!" sang Akira. The delicate flower in her hands shot out bright beams towards Gallos.

"Lavender Essence!" chanted Layla. Bubbles came out of her stab and clumped together making an enormous beam of colors that traveled to Gallos.

"Sour Punch!" Liana sang. A huge fist came out of the trident that Liana was holding. The three mermaids' powers came together as one and shot out at Gallos.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" yelled Gallos. "This isn't over Mermaid Princesses! I will return!" He vanished into the ocean.

"Whoa," breathed Buddy. "That was fascinating!"

"I never knew I had it in me!" exclaimed Liana.

"It's getting late," informed Layla. "We should be getting somewhere safe."

"But, we have to keep looking!" complained Akira. "I won't give up!"

"Layla's right," Liana agreed. "We'll search again in the morning."

"OK," Akira sighed. "We can stay in my castle, but it's going to be a swim though. Layla and Liana where wondering, "Why?" but didn't want to stop for a long lecture that Akira usually gave when she explained things.

"So, you're telling me that you couldn't capture the Mermaid Princesses?!" Andreas asked Gallos angrily when he got back at the castle.

"Ye..s..s, but they were too strong!" stammered Gallos.

"Silence!" shouted Andreas. His voice thundered through the castle making it shake a little. "I will deal with you later. Now go!" Gallos quickly drifted away.

"I will need more servants if I want to capture the Mermaid Princesses," he thought.