A Mermaid's Tale:

Chapter 7:

A few hours later Serenity woke up. He head was pounding and her body hurt like hell, but she was happy. She closed her eyes and thought what happened a few hours earlier and smiled. Then looked to her right and saw an alarm clock. It was 11:50. She had ten minutes to get dressed and get to the beach. She climbed out of bed and proceeded to get dressed. Darien heard her and opened his eyes. "What are you doing?" He asked her when he saw her getting dressed.

She turned around and gasped. She was trying to get out of there with out him seeing her. "I need to go." She told him as she put her dress on.

"What!" Darien yelled as he got out of bed and got dressed himself. "Why are you leaving?"

"I can't tell you. I just have to go."

"You can't just come here for one, sleep with me, and then leave!" He yelled.

Serenity looked at him and tears filled her eyes. "I told you I can't tell you so just let me leave." She told him as she ran out of the room.

Darien sighed as he followed her out of the house and onto the beach. What was going on? She knew he was following her. She didn't want to leave, but she had to go back home. She then suddenly turned to face him. "I have to tell you that this has been the best birthday ever." She told him. She then stood up on her toes and kissed him on the lips. "Thank you."

Darien just stood there and let her kiss him. "Serenity, just tell me why you're leaving." He asked her as she started to back up into the water.

Wait, why was she going into the ocean? Was she…but that was impossible. Mermaids didn't exist, or did they?

Amy, Raye, Lita, and Mina were watching Serenity from behind a rock. They wanted to know who was with her. They knew it was someone she must've met but why had he followed her. Mina then told them quietly that they had to ask her who he was. Everyone agreed.

"Could you close your eyes please?" She asked him.

He didn't want to, but he did what she asked him to do. He thought she was going to either kiss him or run but was surprised when he heard the water splashing. He opened his eyes and saw her swimming. "Bye." He said to no one in particular.

When she dove back into the water he saw a fin and that's when his suspicions were confirmed that she was indeed a mermaid. He sat down on the beach and sighed. What was he going to do know? The only girl that he had really liked had turned out to be a mermaid.

Serenity swam towards her friends who were waiting for her by the rock. "Hey everyone." She greeted them.

"Hey." All the girls said together as they hugged her.

"So, how was it?" Raye asked as they all began to swim towards the palace.

"Fine." She told them.

Mina blinked. Just fine? Whenever Serenity came back from an adventure she always was excited to tell them what happened. "Who was the guy on the beach with you?" Lita asked when they reached the palace.

Serenity sighed. "Look, I don't want to talk about it right now. I just want to sleep, okay?"

The four looked at each other and shrugged as Serenity went into her room. She laid down on her bed and tried to fall asleep thinking about the day. The only part that she was upset about was leaving. She hoped that he didn't see her when she dove into the water a second time, but she would worry about that later. Right now sleep was the first ting on her mind.

When Darien woke up he was still on the beach. He hadn't gone home in hopes that Serenity would come back. As he waited he must've fallen asleep. He sighed as he watched the ocean. She was a mermaid he couldn't believe it. He thought that he was seeing things at first but then he remembered when she said that movie was wrong about mermaids.

Darien glanced over at her and saw the look on her face. "What's wrong?" He asked her.

"The movie is wrong about merfolk." She told him.

Darien started at her before clearing his throat. "How do you know so much about merpeople?" He asked her. What was she getting upset about it was just a movie.

Serenity sighed as she stood up. "I don't want to talk about it."

He stood up and dusted all of the sand off of himself before walking back to his house. "Hey." Clare greeted him as he came through the door. "Where's Serenity?"

Darien sighed as he sat down on the couch. "She's gone."

"She's gone? You mean like she left?" Clare asked. "Why did she leave?"

"I really don't want to talk about it. I'm going to do my homework." He said as he got up and walked into his room.

Serenity woke up a while later. Today was her birthday celebration. She sighed she swam over to her vanity. As she began brushing her hair Amy, Raye, Lita, and Mina swam into the room. "Hey, are you ready for the celebration yet?" Lita asked as Serenity put on a pink pearl necklace.

"No." She told them. "I'm not."

The princess then began crying. The four other looked at each other before Raye went over to her. "What's wrong?" The black haired mermaid asked.

"I don't know. My birthday was fine and all, but I think it was spent with the most wonderful and interesting human…" Serenity was cut off buy her mother coming into the room.

"Are you ready for the celebration honey?" Queen Darya asked as Serenity placed a tiara on her head.

Serenity looked at her mother confused. "I thought it was a two, not noon."

The queen smiled gently as she brushed a strand of hair out of her daughter's eyes. "Your father wanted to start it early."

"Wait, he's here?"

"Yeah, he finished his business yesterday when you were gone." The queen told them as she left the room.

The five of them looked at each other before following her mother. They went into the throne room were the girls joined the rest of the guests. The princess and the queen joined the king at his throne. When everyone was settled the ceremony started with her father making a speech. "Welcome friends and honored guests. Today we are gathered here for the sixteenth birthday celebration of my daughter, Princess Serenity." He began. "I only hope that today we can celebrate another joyous occasion. I have an announcement to make. As you all know sixteen is the age to marry so I would like to announce the engagement between my daughter, Princess Serenity to Diamond, the duke of the Artic Ocean."