Chapter 7

Author's Comment: Even though I did get enough reviews for chapter 6, which sets the bigger conflict in motion, i'm still gonna write more and more! You'll see how their mother, "the hydra" and "Triton" have a part to play.

Logan POV

"Wait, guys. I can't go! I can't just leave my life like this. What about my parents? My friends? My normal life?" I said.

"Logan. It may be hard to leave your family like this. We've experience this, and they just threw us out of their lives. What would your parents think that you were some kind of fish freak like us?" James pointed out. I thought about what he said. Maybe he was right. What if my parents don't accept me anymore because of what had just happened?

I sighed. "Okay, i've made my decision. I'm going with you. They'd never ever even want to see me who or what I am now." I said, depressingly.

"I'm sorry, Logan." Carlos frowned and hugged me. I hugged back and forced myself to fight away my tears.

"Come on, guys. We've got a long way ahead of us. Atlantis is a far way into the Atlantic Ocean. And we're on the other side of the continent." Kendall said. I pulled away and nodded. WE ran for the waters, changed to our fish tails, and began swimming towards the horizon. We swam past reefs and underwater plantations of seaweed. I never knew how beautiful the underwater sea life actually looked until I had a full clear view through my own eyes.

Large amounts of schools of fish were swimming pass by me. Groups of manta rays soared elegantly across the oceans skies. Octopi lurked under the coral rocks just waiting to snatch up one of their prey. The underwater sea life couldn't have been more awesome. We swam far distances. It only felt far to me because I was already tired once we reached the coast of Baja California.

"Guys, stop. I'm tired." I said, gasping for water, for the first time instead of air. I was catching my breath While they turned around and approached me.

"Yeah, guys. I agree with Logan. We should stop for the day. He looks really tired. After all, this is his first day swimming with his new tail." Carlos said. I laid down on the underwater sand to take a nap. I tried not to sleep, but I was so tired. I then slowly closed my eyes and began dreaming.

I was in the cavern again, inside the room with the water fall. I was alone again. But even though I was alone, I felt relieved and happy. I don't know why. This room had an aura that I could relax in. In this dream, I still had my legs and whenever I go into the river, it would still stay as that. I took my clothes off and started to bath in the river. I knew it was dirty, but I never felt so cleansed.

It was like I was inside one of those spas in Beverly Hills. I felt like there were maids tending to my every request. Except I was alone, so that didn't actually happen. Then, I heard the strangest noise. I heard wailing. I don't know where it came from. It startled me. I looked around the room to see where the sound was coming from. I had goosebumps when I heard that it was coming from the hole in the wall from where I had entered the last time. I didn't want to go back in there. I don't even know what, or who, was in there at the moment. I heard it wailing as if it was in pain.

But what if it was a helpless person? I couldn't just let them suffer in there with pain. Besides, they could probably help me get out of here. I slowly arose from the lake water and clothed myself. I looked around for a weapon, but all there was were rocks and crystals. I pulled on of the crystals off. It had a sharp tip, so that was good for my defenses. Plus, it was glowing, which I had the advantage to see in that long dark maze.

I held out the crystal pointed towards the hole's direction as I slowly approached it. I climbed inside and saw nothing but empty darkness. The wailing stopped for quite a while and I was confused. I looked at all directions I could take but I didn't want to get lost again. So I retreated back into the waterfall room. But as I was exiting, the wailing, I heard. I stopped and looked back. Two glowing white eyes were glowing at the end of the tunnel that was in the back of me. I was scared to death. It came towards me as if it was going to attack me. It gave a loud shriek and then...

I woke up after that, screaming and yelling. Carlos, Kendall, and James were trying to calm me down. I woke up to "Huh"s and "What"s and "AHH!"s.

"Logan, Logan calm down! It's alright. It was just a dream." Carlos said, hugging me and caressing my head for comfort. "Shh, it's alright. I'm here." I hugged back in fear. What are these dreams? Why are they happening to me? I was so confused. Ever since i've been with these three, things started happening to me. Now I transformed into one of them. This really turned my whole life upside down. But the only thing that held me back from going back to my normal life was Carlos.

He comforts me all the time. He's like the best friend I could never have. And yet, here he is, bringing me into his arms, comforting me, telling me that everything was going to be alright. But that was my question. Was everything going to really be alright?

After that long slumber, I decided that I needed lest time resting and more time awake because I didn't want to have another dream like that ever again. Who knows that could the next dream be. I didn't even want to know, which was why I decided to stay awake for as long as I can until I just knock out instantly. Even though I was tired, I still kept going and going.

"Logan, I don't know if that's such a good idea." Kendall said.

"But why? I don't want to have to keep waking up screaming because of another bad dream that i'm having. And i'm pretty sure that you wouldn't want to have to deal with calming me down every time I do that. Would you?" I said.

"Hmm, okay you may have a point there. But, you're still going to have to rest. Just not got to sleep then. Just sit on a coral somewhere to catch your breathe. We don't have to be in a rush." Kendall replied. I nodded and stood up on my fin.

"Then, let's go. We've got a long way ahead of us." James said.

A/N; sorry the short chapters lately. My mind is having a writer's bloc type of thing. But don't worry. I promise that this story is going to blow your minds in the later chapters. Also, i've decided to start writing my second fanfic. If you love fantasy stories that have fairies, demons, magic, supernatural stuff, and romance, then get ready for the newest novel like fanfic of "Big Time Fantasy World".