Okay, for all of you who are confused on what a Selkie may look like or is, I will explain everything to you all, alright. Sorry if I haven't explained everything so much guys! Xx
Here it is! Selkie Description!
The shy Selkies are marine creatures in the shape of a seal that can switch from seal to human when wanted. A female can shed her skin and come ashore as a beautiful woman. When a man finds the skin, he can force the Selkie to be a good, if somewhat sad, wife. Should she ever recover the skin, she will immediately return to sea after putting it on, leaving her husband behind. The male Selkies are responsible for storms and also for the sinking of ships, which is their way of avenging the hunting of seals.
They are shy and quiet by nature. They will frequently wander from their mortal homes to the sea cliffs to meditate and sing their melancholy songs. When their fishermen-husbands are lost upon the sea, they sing from the cliffs to guide them home. In their mortal form the Selkies are described as possessing an unearthly beauty with dark hair and eyes. (Sounds like Gabriella to me! lol)
They are sometimes called water kelpies, seal people or selchies.
I really hope that helped, I was quite pleased explaining that and got some help from the internet lol! But I did try my best, I really hope this gives you a better description of what a Selkie may be and act! Like I said, I'm sorry for not explaining it properly :(
Chapter 8 – Chad's Discovery
CHAD and Taylor arrived at Troy's and Gabriella's a few days later. Chad was very surprised to see Gabriella knocking the fridge door and putting her ear to it, listening eagerly.
"Um…Troy, what is she doing?" Chad demanded looking perplexed.
"She's just…being intelligent, you know, this girl is very deep!" Troy chuckled feeling nervous, he didn't want Gabriella to come across as strange, though right now that was hard to ignore.
"Oooookay" Taylor laughed and she walked over to Gabriella and stuck her ear by the door trying to listen.
"What you listening for?" Taylor asked her softly.
Gabriella giggled like an excited little girl and said, "The lights turn off when you close the door…or do they?" She said conspicuously.
Taylor started to laugh.
"Of course they do Gabriella. You have a very…odd sense of humour." Taylor exclaimed softly.
Gabriella sniggered and she felt a hand touch hers and automatically, because she knew the touch to be Troy's, directed her attention away from the fridge. Troy led her over to the sofa and she followed like some love struck puppy dog. Troy's touch did things to her, that was for sure. She would get strange sensations churning away hungrily in her stomach and sometimes she wanted to attack him and rip every single bit of clothing he had off his body and just ravage him there and then, wherever they were. There were times when she wanted to kiss him gently and let him kiss her gently in return and she smiled when she thought these thoughts. They were innocent thoughts and wonderful thoughts. She looked across at Troy and he was talking to Chad, who was watching her wearily. She felt herself shiver under Chad's gaze; there was something there, daunting, as if he knew what she was hiding, what Troy was hiding. She didn't like it one bit.
"So how was Natalie yesterday with you both?" Taylor asked beaming.
"Wonderful. She's an adorable baby." Gabriella answered.
"Yeah, Gabriella dotes on her and I do." Troy said quite pleased that Gabriella was showing a good sign of motherliness. He wanted her to be that way.
"Great! Sharing an interest like children is sweet, 'Taylor said and she suddenly glared across at her partner, "Right Chad?" She sneered.
"What's the matter?" Troy questioned frowning.
"Oh nothing, Taylor's just in a mood because I'm not ready for kids yet. Seriously I can't even take care of myself yet, let alone a baby!" Chad said.
"You're still arguing about that?" Troy asked incredulously.
"What do you mean?" Gabriella queried.
"Taylor and Chad have been arguing over whether to have children over the last year and a half. Taylor wants children, Chad doesn't!" Troy told her simply.
"Oh, 'Gabriella said her brow furrowed a little, "You want children, right?"
Troy felt himself blush, for the question could've met different things. Did it mean 'she wanted children with him and was asking whether or not they would have children?' or was it one of those 'When you're in a serious relationship with your next girlfriend, will you think about having children with her?' That was what he hated about those kind of questions, they were so enigmatic!
"Um, we'll talk later." He said to her blushing crimson and he turned back to Chad and Taylor who were too busy glaring at each other to notice anything they were saying.
"Lets make some tea Gabriella and we'll leave Chad and Taylor to talk for a moment." Troy said and he and Gabriella went into the kitchen to make some tea.
CHAD looked across at Taylor glaring at him coldly, he poked his tongue out rather childishly and she laughed furiously.
"Oh real mature Chad, now I see why you can't have kids, they'd embarrass you because they'd be far more intelligent that their own father!" Taylor exclaimed and the insult hit him true for he looked all the more enraged.
"Yeah well…um, 'He was really struggling to give a good comeback, "You…can't…even cook!"
Taylor snorted and laughed, "What has that got to do with children?"
Chad shook his head and made his way to the kitchen, he was about to go in when he heard a very odd thing escape Troy's lips and so he hung back to listen.
"Gabriella, we'll find the skin. We won't stop searching." Troy said.
"But Troy, 'Chad heard Gabriella moan, "I miss the ocean already. Can't we go down later just to sit by the rocks? Please."
Troy sighed, "Okay but not for long. Um…do Selkies come to the beach often?"
Selkies? Weren't they seal people that were said to have come to the Albuquerque beach along time ago? Chad had remembered his mother telling him stories about Selkies because they were such a big thing in Albuquerque. He had also remembered Troy's mother babbling on about them and once when they had been at least twelve, Chad could vaguely remember Troy telling him he would one day marry a Selkie woman! Chad had never believed him. What if…what if Troy had been serious and what if Selkies were indeed real?
"No, only once a year. I hope Mama will be anxious to return this year. I was always the odd one out in my family. The Selkie clan hated me because I was half human." Gabriella whimpered rather sorrowfully.
Selkie clan? Half human? It wasn't possible!
"Did you have a big family?" Troy asked her as they poured the kettle.
"It was quite big though it wasn't all my family. My mother, my three sisters, Samaka, Rancha and Opeen were the only family really there. The others were just mates or loners who had joined the group. I hated the males the most, cold creatures they are. Violent too, especially to humans." Gabriella sighed.
"Didn't you ever want to leave? You could've survived right?" Troy questioned.
Chad pulled his head closer to the door and listened even more intently, "Yes, 'She replied, "I suppose I could have left and sometimes I did want to. My family kind of rejected me because I was half human and that made me feel even more unwanted. I'm glad to be here with you though, I feel more at home here than I have anywhere. Even in my most favourite parts of the sea."
"I'm glad, did any of the Selkies ever like you? Any?" Troy asked.
Chad glanced around the door and saw Gabriella musing a little.
"Yes, my mother loved me and my sister Samaka was sometimes nice to me. I liked Samaka best I think." Gabriella answered.
Chad saw Troy touch Gabriella's hand tenderly and he reached his other hand up to caress her cheek. The tears glistened in Gabriella's eyes and as one dripped down her cheek Troy kissed it away selflessly.
"We'll find your Selkie skin Brie, 'He whispered to her, Gabriella moved closer to him and kissed him softly, "You don't have to worry."
"I'm not worried, I'm with you." Gabriella exclaimed beaming and with that she kissed him again, more hungrily than ever.
Chad looked away and shook his head, had he really heard what he had heard? Was Gabriella Montez, Troy's new girlfriend a Selkie? Was she a mythical being? Had he imagined the conversation?
He made his way back through the living room and shook his head again, making sure it was clear of all bizarre thoughts.
He found Taylor and kissed her cheek kind-heartedly. She looked confused by his sudden change in attitude but ignored it and stroked his soft bushy hair guessing something was bothering him. She didn't press the matter.
TAYLOR was worried for her partner that night. Chad was very quiet all through dinner and even silent through the comedy acts of 'America's Got Talent' that night!
As he stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom brushing his teeth Taylor came to lean against the door.
"What's going on in that head of yours?" She laughed softly.
Chad spat out the toothpaste and glanced back at her with a coldness eminent in his eyes.
"Nothing! Stop bothering me." He snarled.
"Is this about the arguments, look I understand if you don't want children yet Chad, we can wait a while and then we'll –"
"I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT TAY! I DON'T WANT CHILDREN! NOT NOW, NOT EVER!" He bellowed loudly at her.
Taylor's eyes suddenly burned with tears and Chad saw the horror and the disappointment. He felt his heart clench, he hadn't meant it! He did want children with her. He was just so confused. What he had heard surely hadn't been normal.
He brushed past her furiously and stormed downstairs.
"Chad? Where are you going?" Taylor sobbed wretchedly.
"Computer! Now leave me alone." Chad snarled and he went into the living room and started to research what he needed to know.
THAT night while Chad had researched all he could on Selkies, a strange thought came into his head. What if Troy, his best friend, had stolen a Selkie skin?
So it was a pretty short chapter but I wanted this chapter to be all about Chad and his discovery. Also, I know it was quite sad with Taylor and Chad too but I promise it will look up! I really, really wanted to have Chad make the discovery and I really hope I haven't upset anyone with the length of this chapter. I promise, promise, promise the next chapter will be longer, okay?
Furthermore, for those who haven't read my 'My Musical Girl' Story, I'd suggest reading it. It's not a bad story, here's the summary!
Summary: Gabriella is a struggling West End Actress Troy Bolton owns the theatre she has entered into. He wants her and she hates him! What will he do to possess her, even if it's changing her career? TROYELLA!
So check it out if you haven't done so already!!
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