Bay watched as the horrible sea witch was turned into a terrible lump of sea foam! She got her just desserts for harming those innocent lives!
"Justice is served," Bay snarled. But Kye, Pearl, and the other stood and stared in silence. "Hey! What's wrong you guys?"
"Y-You…" Kye started.
"Kye spit it out…are you ok?" Bay asked, now swimming up to him.
"You're the human from the legend."
"What legend?"
"The legend that says when a human comes with a compassionate heart for love and harmony, only then will true peace be restored," Shell said in joy.
"YOU'RE THAT HUMAN, BAY! YOU KILLED THE BAD SEA WITCH AND NOW PEACE IS RESTORED!" Marina swam around in pure glee before tackling Bay with a big bear hug.
"This is wonderful! We can now live in peace!" Kye said.
"Exactly," Bay said, now looking around, but Pearl was gone. "Pearl? Pearl where are you?!"
"Bay, I think she swam away," Marina said gently.
"What? Why?!" Bay asked.
"Because what you did was so powerful she may have thought that you might do that to her too. Since she was considered a bad witch before!" Shell added.
"But she isn't like that. To be honest, I don't think she's a witch at all. She just looks different from us." Bay said. "It's true she's good with magic, but so are you guys and you're not witches."
Kye opened his mouth to say something, but he paused. Bay was right. Pearl may not have been what they thought. After all, they just now realized who the bad witch was and now she was history forever!
"Why don't we invite Pearl to come over?" Shell said, now pointing the way towards Pearl's cave.
"We can try, but she may not be too quick to trust us. After all, we have been mean and rude to her for many years," Marina said.
"Well, now is the time to change that guys. Let's all become friends," Bay grinned, now leading them towards Pearl's cave.
Meanwhile, back at Pearl's cave, was pondering and thinking about all of what happened when she suddenly heard someone approaching her cave. Curious, she looked out and saw Bay and the royal family smiling at her.
"We're back!" Bay grinned. "Now how about coming with us to the castle?"
"Bay…"
"I'm not going to let you slip out of this. Everything is ok now!" Bay said.
"You guys may trust me now, but what about the others? Many merfolk will still hate me!"
"Not if we give them time to know you!" Shell said.
"Yeah! Kye can give a speech in the town square to clear you of anything!" Marina said.
"Yes. I would be happy to," he grinned. Pearl looked away shyly. She was not used to merfolk being this friendly.
"So will you come or do we have to convince you?" Bay smirked.
Marina flicked her wand at Pearl and her spiky sea urchin tail became two beautiful legs!
"AAAAAAH! My tail! What have you done?!" She screamed as Marina and Shell grabbed an ankle.
"This tactic is excellent in matters of persuasion." Bay said.
"Tickle, tickle, tickle!" Marina and She'll sang, tickling Pearl's feet.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HEY! STOP THAT!" Pearl laughed.
"Only if you come with us!" Bay said.
"OKAY! OKAHAHAHAHAY! I WILL! I WILL! HEHEHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
The sisters stopped. Marina returned Pearl's tail back. "Let's go, friend."
And so, all the merfolk gathered around the palace to announce the big news.
"Citizens of the kingdom, I, Prince Kye humbly welcome our new citizens and my own advisors, Bay and Pearl, a sea witch."
Bay smiled proudly as Pearl looked shyly down.
But, to her amazement, everyone cheered. Cheers and yells of joy and triumph called from everywhere.
"I think I can get used to being a mermaid!" Bay said, waving to the crowd. She turned to Pearl, whose smile was the biggest she's ever seen.
"I feel the same." Pearl said, waving to everyone.
The underwater land will begin anew, thanks to new friends now becoming a family.
Bay couldn't have asked for a better life than this.
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