Bay was busy swimming towards Pearl's home, a sunken ship that once belonged to human sailors. Some people that it was the wrath of the Sea Witch that sunk the vessel and led the human sailors to their demise.
No merfolk or sea creature wouldn't even think about going near that shop.
But Bay knew that her plan would work. She just had to appear in danger and she knew that Pearl would come and try to rescue her. If the other saw the brave rescue, they would accept Pearl!
"If I can just prove that she's not a threat then everything will be alright," she thought to herself, now seeing the siblings swimming behind her.
"I don't know if this is a good idea," Marina whispered.
"Me either. But we have to trust Bay; she knows what she's doing." Shell replied.
"But if there is any sign of evil or trouble, we are going to rescue you." Kye said, now swimming ahead and closer to Bay.
"I just wonder how she became friends with a sea witch?!" Marina gasped.
"I have no idea, but we better be quiet because we are almost there," Shell whispered.
And with that, all three ducked down and watched as Bay approached the sunken ship. She saw Pearl sadly sitting in the corner of the cave and her heart sank. Seeing Pearl so sad reminded Bay of herself, how she used to be so alone and isolated.
Perhaps Pearl wasn't as evil as they thought she was.
"I'm going in!" Bay thought, now trying to swim closer. What she didn't expect was for a dolphin group to quickly swim past her and knock her into a sand dune! She fell headfirst into it and all you could see was her tail wiggling to get free.
"MMHHHHHHMHMMHMHMHHMMHM!" Bay squealed, now trying to get free.
"Uh oh! We better go help!" Marina said.
"No wait! Here comes the sea witch!" Shell gasped, now pointing at the cave as Pearl emerged.
Pearl thought she heard something and gasped as she saw the wiggling tail in front of her cave entrance.
"What the sea slug?!" Pearl said in surprise. "I better just wait for someone to come and help this mermaid."
Bay could hear her and didn't like that response. The goal was for her to help her, not be too timid to do anything! Bay squirmed more and wrapped her tail around Pearl's tail to keep her from leaving! This rescue attempt was not working at all!
"H-Hey let go!" Pearl said in shock, now trying to get free. But she began giggling as Bay ran her fin up and down Pearl's tail, causing Pearl to giggle. Pearl's squirming caused Bay to pull herself free, but that didn't stop her playful assault on Pearl's tail.
"Heeheeheeheehee, B-Bay! What are you doing here?!" Pearl giggled, now trying to get back in her cave.
"Just here to see how you're doing; I didn't know the famous sea witch was ticklish," Bay giggled, now wiggling her nails on her tail, being mindful of the sea urchin spikes.
"B-Bay! C-Cut it out! I have to go back inside before the other mer-folk see me!" Pearl begged, trying to swim back in her cave.
"Pearl, please don't go back in there; you are not an evil witch. Come and meet my friends," Bay said, now ushering her out of the cave.
"I-I can't!"
"Pearl, you're not going to spend the rest of your life in this cave!"
"You cannot change things Bay! This is where I belong!"
"No you don't! You helped me and I want to help you!"
"I don't need any help," Pearl said sadly, now trying to swim away. "Things will never be alright; I am not a mermaid and will always be seen as a threat!"
And with those words, Pearl sadly tried to swim back into the cave, but Bay was right behind her and she had a magic wand with her too, which she borrowed from one of the sisters.
"Come back here! You're not getting away that easily," Bay said with a somewhat sly smirk. Perhaps now was the time to show the little magic she learned and use a little persuasion.
Wielding her magic abalone shell ring given to her by her mer-family, Bay muttered the spell under her breath and made the current of the water move towards her.
It worked! Pearl was pushed back to Bay, but she was pushed too hard! She crashed into Bay and the two girls were swept up in the powerfully current.
Bay's mer-siblings were swept up in the current too. Kye gripped onto a piece of coral while Marina held onto his tail and Shell held onto Marina's tail.
"LET BAY TRY OCEAN MAGIC! WHO'S IDEA WAS THAT?!" Kye screamed.
"YOURS!" Marina screamed back.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The siblings were swept away in the current.
Bay and Pearl were spiraling through the magic current for what felt like the longest time. Everything around them was like moving in fast forward, in a very dizzying way.
Feeling like she was going to lose her lunch, Bay waved her ring around and called off the current.
Bay started to wake up. When she opened her eyes, she found Pearl and herself laying in front of the entrance of a dark cave.
"Ohhhh...what happened?" Pearl rubbed her head. "Where am I?"
"I think I goofed on my magic spell." Bay said shyly. "I should have practiced more before I put my plan together."
"What plan?! What's this all about?!" Pearl demanded. "Why did you do this?!"
"Pearl! Relax! I can explain!" Bay said. "I wanted to prove to everyone that you're a nice sea witch and not something people should be afraid of!"
"BAY! What you're doing is wrong! I'm a sea witch! I don't belong with mermaids! It doesn't matter if you're on my side! I'll always be alone and I'll always be hated!"
"Indeed." a voice silky as velvet said.
From out of the cave, a large mermaid emerged from the darkness. She had pale skin, red lipstick, and light purple eyes. Her short black hair stuck out like she had been electrocuted.
As for her tail, it looked like the body of a jellyfish! It glowed with an ominous purple glow.
"My, my. What have we here?" the mermaid mused. She smiled, exposing her sharp, shark-like teeth.
"Bertha!" Pear backed away in fear.
"Bertha?" Bay echoed.
"You must be the new mermaid on the block." Bertha hissed. "I've been dying to meet you."
"Who are you?" asked Bay.
Pearl gulped. "She's Bertha! A sea witch! The Sea Witch! The one who took the Little Mermaid's voice!"
Bertha cackled beautifully. "That little trout thought she could live happily ever after with a human! My plan worked so well! I get the voice of a mermaid and the royal family loses their precious sister! Muahahahaha!"
"What would you want with a mermaid's voice anyway?" asked a furious Bay.
Bertha smugly arched a brow. "Figures you'd ask why. You humans are so pathetic. The voice of a mermaid is one of the sea's greatest treasures!"
"But why?!" Bay demanded. "Why would you do such a thing?!"
Bertha curved a sinister, wry smile. "Because it's fun."
"FUN?!"
"That's right! All I ever wanted to do was become a singer! A glorious singer like all the other mermaids! But they said a sea witch can never be as great as a mermaid! So once that little mermaid came to me for help on her hopeless love life, I saw my chance! I stole her voice and thanks to that human prince rejecting her, the spell took advantage of her broken heart and died!"
The wicked sea witch laughed as Bay watched in shocked anger.
"You mean you killed an innocent mermaid just to be a singer?!"
"Oh, I just supplied the magic. It was that pathetic human prince that did the trick and broke the mermaid's heart! Humans don't give an eel's tail about anyone or anything but themselves! Surely you understand don't you, Bay?"
"You don't know anything about me!"
"Oh, on the contrary, my all seeing crystal ball showed me where you came from. You were a human but fled human society because of how cruel they treated you, wasn't it?! And I can't say I blame them! Hahahahahahahahaha!"
Bay clenched her fists, pure rage was building inside her. Her ring around her finger started to glow brightly.
"And you, little trout, your voice will be an excellent addition to my collection. I don't have the voice of a wannabe mermaid! It's not like the royal family will miss you!"
Her evil laughter made Bay's ring glow brighter. So bright, Kye, Marina, and Shell arrived on the scene.
"BAY!" Kye shouted. "What's-" He froze in shock as he and his sisters stared at Bay.
Her ring glowed as bright as the sun in a shimmering blue light, the water around the area shook and trembled.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Bay screamed as the light exploded, engulfing Bertha.