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Lory twirled the bracelet that the late Koun Hizuri, had given his own daughter all those years ago, it was a silver coloured bracelet with different animals on it but what really caught his eye was the latest addition to the bracelet that was bigger than the objects on the bracelet combine.
A multi-coloured Perl.
He had goggled the Perl on the internet to see what kind of Perl it was and if it had any value, so imagine how shocked he was when he saw the Perl's value.
There was so many zero on the screen that he almost had a heart attack in his old age, what was his goddaughter doing with such a Perl and who gave it her?
Not willing to believe that he was holding a genuine Perl, he called a specialist to confirm with the Perl was real or fake and to his shock.
The expert confirmed that the Perl was in fact real.
So Julie didn't own a fake Perl but a real one, a very expensive Perl that could only be found in the deepest depth of the ocean and to his knowledge nobody had ever given his goddaughter such an expensive gift even amongst the hundreds of presents over the years.
Julie couldn't have possible found it.
So who had given it to her?
Ch 4: A Merman learns to walk.
Julie Hizuri, now 16 years old sighed, unlike all those years ago, she was now old enough to understand the concept of death, why her mother was often found talking to a rock in her spare time with flowers in her hands whenever her father birthday came up.
It was the place where her dad was buried after much debate, over if he would be buried in Japan or America.
Her mother had deemed to her ready to know, exactly how her father had died and it filled her with sadness knowing she would never know the man who had made her, he sounded like such a wonderful man from all what her mother told her and she would have loved to have met the man face to face at an age where she could still remember him.
But all she had of her father were the stories, pictures and the old videos of him.
Other than that, she had no solid memory of the man, just that he loved her very much.
Her eyes went to her right hand for the tenth time in ten minutes, her lucky charm which usually displayed proudly around her wrist, was nowhere to be found until she found her arm bare, in the rear moments in her life.
From her mom, she was told her own father gave it to her when he was alive and all she could remember when the Perl appeared on her bracelet, all she could remember behind the story of the Perl was that it was giving to her by a boy her toddler self-called 'Mr Fishy'.
She couldn't remember why she called him that, all she could remember was white hair and something about singing fish and the boy being really pretty.
Her mind thought back to the day that her lucky charm was discovered.
#A week Ago#
Julie was happy, she had just begun her career in showbiz like everyone one in her family, everyone was expecting her to do great things and life up to the giant shadow that was her mother and even father when he was alive.
Like Koun at a certain age, she realised just how big not only her mother was but her father also, she found that trying to outshine them both was an almost impossible task.
How can she meet such high expectations of her?
She couldn't help but feel pressured seeing everyone eyes on her, she would have caved into the pressure years ago if it wasn't for felt a tingle on her right arm from the Perl itself reassuring her that she would be fine.
It always helped to calm her down, she liked to think that some essence from her father was locked in it, watching over her, little did she know, how right she exactly was.
She made her way to see her grandparents in one of the studio in LME, when not even an step in.
She heard the sounds wheels coming towards her.
One of the carts carrying heavy equipment had broken free and to make matters worse, the cart had stationed on top of a mountain and was now going downhill towards her at alarming speed.
She wanted so desperately to move but her legs wouldn't obey her.
There were shouts and screams as the cart was about to collide with her, possibly killing her if the heavy equipment on top of it came crashing down thanks to the force of the crash.
Than when something strange happened.
The Perl on her bracelet began to glow a multi-coloured colour and the cart was forced to miss her.
It slammed into the wall behind her having just missed her by a hair.
Once the danger had passed, it stopped glowing and turned back to its crystal like colour and she remembered.
Her good luck charm wasn't just there to calm her down but it was magical!
Her friend had giving it to her to protect her, but before she could become happy at the magical item she had been given, she noticed everyone was now looking at the Perl on her wrist including her grandparents and her Uncle.
Until now, it had disguised itself well, as another part of her bracelet but now it was kind of hard not to take notice of the Perl when it had been glowing a moment ago and now it was all full view, every eye in the studio could now see it was indeed a Perl around her wrist.
Her lucky charm bracelet was no longer a secret anymore.
#Now#
And once her grandparents had made sure she was okay, her Uncle Lory had asked her where she got the Perl from since the last time, he checked.
Her bracelet wasn't worth thousands of dollars.
She hid how it was magical and told him that it was from a close friend from a really long time ago since it wasn't a lie since she just couldn't exactly remember who had given it to her.
Her having made a friend outside of Maria was very shocking to here to not only her Uncle but also he grandparents since Maria was the closest friend she had even though she was now a grown woman, soon to be married.
Her Uncle than asked if he could examine it later and she wanted to bolt from the spot, knowing Magic was a powerful thing and not just anyone could have it.
Well that's what the stories say anyway.
But her grandpa Kuu could sense that his granddaughter was about to make a break for it and placed a hand on her shoulder with a smile, stopping her in her tracks.
She quickly realised that she wasn't going to get out of this one, all she could was prolong its examination through fake tears like her mother would.
Making them all sweat drop at her actions, seeing it was so much like Kyoko.
Her fake tears had managed to prolong the examination up until yesterday where she parted ways with tears in her eyes while blowing her noses into a tissue, without her lucky charm, she had felt naked ever since.
#Scene Change, Ocean#
Zander had done it.
He had gained enough control and power to be able to not only turn into a human but gain lungs that would allow him to breathe on land.
His first successful transformation had him happy one seconds and then flopping down on the sandy beach the next.
He found it, he was completely out of practice with how to use his newfound legs and couldn't even stand on them without flopping head first into sand on an abandoned island somewhere south.
But he wasn't going to give up and persuade it, he went back into the water and waited until he had enough magic to try again and kept on doing that, every time he failed.
He did this for several days straight before finally mastering the art of walking on his own two feet.
On his first adventure on land, he still looked like a child even after 300 years and he quickly realised that it would be strange for anybody to see a naked boy walking around casually on the sandy beach so he stole some clothes that had been dropped in the ocean even if they had been worn.
His first journey was on the shores of beautiful Miami Beach.
He had only taken a couple of steps onto the busy streets when someone had come up to him and asked if he was a model and no matter how many times he said, no, they just kept on coming, some talent scout's gave him their business card, hoping to see him again.
He couldn't go anywhere without people staring at him and trying to take photos thinking he was some famous child celebrity and it was annoying.
He had quickly learned after that experience and the next time he went on land, he made sure to where rectangular glasses.
He was still stared at but it was at a much lesser degree and he could easily ignore it so on his adventures he found out a couple of things that set him apart from the humans.
He couldn't eat anything unnatural.
Like processed chocolate or cheese.
He had unfortunately found that out quickly, when he had been in bed, sick for a few days after eating one bar of chocolate.
Amazingly he could still use his magic and talk to fish even in his human form, of course when nobody was around of course to hear him talking or he would be receiving a lot of strange looks.
And the only water that was safe for him was sea water since normal water would bring out his gills which would make it hard for him to breath.
Currently, he was busy gapping at his mother and Father in shock.
They had just announced that the whole family would be spending a few weeks above water, apparently his parents had identity above water something that shocked even his brother.
Why the hell would they need identities when they were rulers under the sea!?
To the land above, they were a very wealthy couple who sold priceless jewellery that can only be found under the Sea.
The demand was huge but the competition was very little since it was a very expensive thing to do as a result his parents business boomed.
To the world above they were called Lord and Lady Prince or better known as Lord and Lady White due to their naturally white hair.
Unfortunately for him and his brother they had let it slip at one of their parties that they had children and now in their yearly show case.
A lot of people were expecting to see him and his brother there.
They would have been trouble if not for the fact, there youngest son had reached his transformation stage a couple of years back and could now stay in the state a day or two before needing water.
To the world above their youngest was 14 and their oldest was 19 in human years.
Which both of them looked nothing like that and he had his brother couldn't help but shake their heads.
None of them even looked remotely close to that age and that only meant one thing.
Magic.
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Finally this chapter is out if a month or so. Next chapter the Prince family come up and stream to stay at one of their houses in Japan, what is Japan reaction to seeing such beautiful people? Review/ Fav and follow!