I. am. so. SORRY!

I had only made about half of this chapter and then

my family and I went on vacation! so sorry its realy,realy,REALY late.

anyway,here it is at last!

some of the students gasped. the sound echoeing around the otherwise silent great hall.

melody gave a small sniff at the paling malfoy boy as if to say 'beat that you duffer',then calmly walked back to the middle of the room.

"ok,so most of you apparently recognized my mother ariel,the woman in the picture. she is the younger twin sister of my aunt alila. now," she said turning to face harry,who had sat back down. "are you this 'potter' that the oaf was talking about?" she asked. harry just nodded.

"good. now,I have no idea what you are doing in school at the moment,but you will have to come with me." she said in a matter of fact voice.

but then the old man with the huge beard stood from his throne-like chair.

"I'm afraid we cant let you take mr. potter,how can we be sure of his safety?" dumbledoor asked in a 'concerned' voice. but on the inside he was seething/panicing.

'I cant let this girl take potter away! if I do than he'll get even more independant than he already is! how dare this girl try to muck up all my plans?! the whole reason I kidnapped his mother was so that I'd have an extra powerful weapon!'

melody narrowed her eyes at him in a fierce glare.

"you obviously dont understand,this boy is going to be the new king of atlantica. do you realy think that he wouldnt be completely safe?" she asked in the same dangerous tone she had used on malfoy.

they started glaring at eachother for a bit,but then harry stood up and walked towards melody. gasps and murmurs followed him on his way,not the least of which was rons "well,looks like the cheating lier is running away from what he started..." and "humph,the cheating ponce gets even MORE fame and fortune now huh? king my arse..." and so on.

soon he stood in front of her,and realised he only had about half an inche on her in hight. she smiled happily at him and held out the hand that wasnt holding the pitch fo-ahem,trident.

"hello,my name is melody. I'm thirteen years old,love the ocean,and I hate snooty poopy-heads like that albino over there that I chewed out. and I'm you're only living cousin. whats you're name,age and faverite thing and or most hated thing?" she asked with a cheerful smile that made it impossible not to smile back.

"hello melody,my name is harry potter. I'm fourteen years old and I love reading,gardening,and swiming. I hate gossip,malfoys,and bullies. pleased to meet you cousin." he finished cheekely. they shook hands and made to leave when a snape cleared his throat.

"and where,mr. potter,do you think you're going?" he asked coldly. harry glared at him.

"I'm going with my cousin." he said as he took another step towards the hall doors. then dumbledoor started talking again.

"I realy am terribly sorry,but harry has been entered into a contest of sorts. if he leaves then he would lose his magic." he said sadly. melody,rather unlady-like,snorted.

"no,he wouldnt. his merman heritage would make sure of that." she said as she and harry continued out the door,followed by more gasps.

harry followed his cousin(it felt so weird to think that,dudley didnt count)to the edge of the black lake.

once on the edge,she turned to him and smiled.

"ok,heres what you do. you take the trident and walk waist deep into the water,then point the tip at you're legs and think about having fins,the rest will come naturaly." she said as she handed him the trident.

he nodded and hesitantly took the trident,then walked waist deep in the absolutely FREEZING water,and did as she said.

he closed his eyes as a bright light blocked his legs from veiw. then suddenly he was falling bum first into the water as his legs went week and...there was only one?

he looked around and realised he had

1)been breathing under water while he was thinking.

2)a dark green mer-tail,different from the one the mermaid on the window had had.

3)no shirt on.

he surfaced again and blushed alittle at the disappearence of his robes. but melody didnt seem to even notice his virtual nudety as she jumped in beside him.

when she came back up she was wearing an orangish red seashell bra with a matching colored tail,making him blush even more. she grinned at him.

"dont worry harry,as soon as you turn back into a human you're automaticaly wearing what you were when you turned into a merman." she said as she patted him on the shoulder. then she swam alittle farther and gave him the biggest smile he had ever seen on her.

"come on harry,lets go home."

ITS DONE!

I thought I would never finnish it!