Hi! Hopefully my lack of soccer knowledge doesn't completely ruin this chapter!

POV: Noelle

"Come on, Ella, you can do better than that!" My brother Gabriel yelled to me, and the soccer ball I'd just kicked into the makeshift goal bounced off the side-again. "You won't even make the team if you keep kicking like that."

"My knee hurts. Besides, with a crappy goal like that, nothing will go in." I retorted, stopping the ball with my foot after he rolled it back to me.

"You wanna take a break?"

"Not really."

"Then shoot again. And make it go in this time." I nodded, and skittered back a few steps, lining up the ball in the goal mentally. I sprinted forward, and with a powerful kick, sent the black and white ball flying towards the goal. Gabriel dove for it, but it was too late.

"Yay!" I shrieked happily. We practiced several more times. I made it every time.

"Ready for some conditioning?" Gabriel asked me. I groaned.

"No. It's so hot. Besides, I ran a lot yesterday."

"Fine, then dribble down the yard. Don't let me get it." He rolled the ball back to me, and I took it between my feet, and began dribbling it between them as fast as I could while running down the yard. Gabriel used every trick in the book to get it away from me. I used my elbows to keep him at a safe distance, and blocked the ball with my body.

"Quit pushing me!" I said, shoving him back with a laugh. "You'll never get it that way." He couldn't even get it the regular way.

"Why do you even try?" I teased. "You can't beat me!"

"Oh yeah? How 'bout we try some harder stuff?"

"Nah, maybe tomorrow. I'm done for today." He shrugged,

"Yeah, me too." He said around a grin. I went inside, savoring the air conditioning. In the bathroom, I peeled off my sweaty pink t-shirt, and shoved the fly away strands of my ponytail back. I turned the cold water on and cupped my hands below the running water to fill them. I leaned over the sink, and splashed the water on my face. Ahhh. I did it again, and grabbed a towel. But before I could dry my streaming eyes, my whole body suddenly just….felt rubbery and tingly. And the next thing I knew, I was on the tile floor. And I was a…a mermaid. I clapped my hand over my mouth in utter shock. Was I hallucinating? Slowly, I reached towards the scale covered tail, and touched the red gold scales. They felt pretty real. Was this some kind of joke? Some really really good joke? My clothes had disappeared, and even my hair tie was gone. Instinctively, I knew this had something to do with Swallow's Cove. Were the others mer-freaks too? I shivered, and grabbed the towel. I wiped my hands and face dry, like usual. I looked at the door. It was unlocked. What if someone came in and found me half-fish? I couldn't very well walk over to lock it, but I managed to drag myself to it and locked it. There. Suddenly, the weird feeling was back. Before I could ponder it, the tail was gone. What in the world? My clothes were back, messy ponytail and all. I touch water…mermaid. I'm dry…human. This is so weird. I turned the faucet on again, and, after a minute, dipped my hand in. Yep, once again, the weird feeling. Then, tail. I toppled over, slamming into the tiles backwards. "Ouch." I rubbed my banged elbow. I wiped my hand on the towel, and waited. A few seconds later, the tail was gone, and my legs were back. I smiled. This is pretty cool. I wanted to tell someone, but I knew I shouldn't. It was too weird. I'd be put in a circus or something. But maybe, since I'd been with Thalia, Bethany, and Amanda yesterday, and the whole mermaid thing hadn't happened until today, the same thing was happening to them. I'd didn't have their phone numbers or address, but this town was small. I should be able to find them. I decided not to take a shower, and just changed clothes, before heading out.

Soon enough for ya? These chapter just wrote themselves! I'd make them longer, but I like having a new chapter every time the POV changes. Thalia's discovery will be up today or tomorrow! Also, if you have any ideas, let me know! Or if you still want to create a potential love interest that would be awesome too! Thanks for reading and reviewing!