There were police everywhere looking for Alley and Vanessa " why didn't they come home last night?" Said Terra worried " I don't know" said Kira. After what happened yesterday Vanessa and Alley were missing 'they probably drowned' thought Terra 'oh gosh I hope Vanessa and Alley are okay what if they can't swim? No, no I believe in them' thought Kira.

(On the island)

Vanessa woke up she felt like she was floating she opened her eyes and she was underwater. She freaked out about her breathing underwater and the more she thought about it the more it stung. She looked beside her and saw Alley 'oh yeah we both fell into a mysterious cave I remember now' Vanessa thought. She pulled Alleys arm waiting for her to wake up , but she didn't so Vanessa swam up to the surface.

It was so blurry around her, she felt wetness surround her she opened her eyes completely and saw that she was in a cave being held by someone. " yo you awake yet? Hurry up and wake up!" Said Vanessa " where are we?" Asked Alley "are you stupid or something? We're in the gosh dang cave and it's your fault we're in here!" "Uh sorry but how is it my fault again?"

"You just had to fall in and I had to come after you" "I'm sorry but I think you fell in on your own accord I didn't ask you to come down you did by yourself"

"ugh whatever let's just find a way out of here already". Vanessa and Alley all over for an exit then Vanessa stumbled upon an opening " hey! Alley there's an opening over here maybe we can get out through here" said Vanessa

"gosh what took you long finally you found something" "whatever you're just jealous that you didn't find it first" "whatever let's just go" said Alley. As soon as they neared the exit somehing glowed under them " what is that?" Said Vanessa then they got pulled under.

Suddenly they were on the mainland beach they looked around wondering where they were and they realized they were home.

They started walking along the street and stopped at a gas station. " wait here I'm going to go get some food from the inside" said Vanessa "why should I wait here?" "Just wait here" Vanessa went into the station.

Alley was waiting paitently outside when a cop car mysteriously pulled up she thought nothing of it until the cops started staring at her. One of the cops came up to her and asked " Miss do you happen to be Alley Animal?" "Um yes I am what is the problem?" "Miss animal I need you to come with us" "wait what!?" Exclaimed Alley 'there's no point in resisting I'll just get in more trouble' Alley thought as he policeman opened the door to the car. She went willingly. The door shut in her face as she looked out the window with sadness in her eyes then the police car drove off.

Vanessa bought 2 sandwiches from the station and started to eat one. " um Miss? Do you happen to be Vanessa Hensen?" "Uh yeah I am why?" "Stay here" the store clerk started dialing he phone. Vanessa was eating while watching the clerk " can I leave now?" She asked "yes they're probably here already" said the clerk "who?" "Just leave".

She left the gas station with half of the sandwich and a whole one. " Alley I got you a sand- hey where'd you go? Ugh I should have never trusted her" said Vanessa annoyed "well more sandwich for me" as soon as she took a bite of Alley's sandwich she saw cop cars coming. They parked in front of her and one asked " you are Vanessa Hensen correct?" "Yes I am" "we need you to come with us" "why?" Asked Vanessa scared "Come with us please ma'am" "no! I need to know the reason" ma'am calm down and come with us" "no!" Vanessa yelled and ran from the cops.

She took every turn and stop sign to try to lose them , but they never went away. Some cops chased her in cars and some on foot. She tried to loose them in an alleyway but it was a dead end and she got cornered.

" Vanessa we need you to calm down and come with us" said the cop calmly " no I need to know why you're taking me in!" Yelled Vanessa even more scared than she was before " Just come with us you want to see your mother again correct?" "Yes I do" "then come with us" she looked around and she realized there was no point in fighting it then she finally said "okay I'll come with you" the policeman opened the door and she willingly went in.

Alley was crying her eyes out in the cop car 'my father will be so disappointed in me and mom will cry sooo much' Alley thought the thought made her cry harder 'I don't want them to hate me' she looked up with tear filled eyes and saw the outside. She wasn't headed to jail she was heading home. 'This is my neighborhood' she thought excitedly and wiped the tears from her face. The cop cars stopped right outside her house she opened the door and ran to her parents, Kira, and Terra and gave them all a big hug. " oh we missed you!" Yelled everyone in unison "where were you?" Asked her mother "we were worried" said her father "oh my gosh are you okay?" Asked Kira Terra stayed silent. " oh I'm just happy you guys are here" Alley said relived.

Vanessa was in the car fear rising in her heart 'I wonder what's going to happen to me, I haven't even done anything wrong' Vanessa stares out of the cars window and she notices she's in her neighborhood and they reach Alleys house which is across the street from her house she sees her parents outside her house. She runs towards them and hugs them Kira and Terra come from behind and hug her.

" my God Vanessa we missed you so much" said Kira "Vanessa I hope you're alright how have you been?" Said Terra " I've been worried sick" said her mother "oh I'm just glad you're safe" said her father "I'm happy you're safe too"

~THE NEXT DAY~

Alley woke up happy and stretched 'yesterday I touched water all day and I didn't turn maybe I won't be a mermaid after all' she got up from her bed and brushed her teeth and went to the shower.

She looks at the shower 'it didn't effect me yesterday maybe it'll effect me now' she thought. She touches the water it was warm and she waited for 10 seconds and she looked at her legs and...nothing. so she put her whole body under the pressure of the water.

Vanessa was waiting outside across the street from Alleys house. Alley came outside in her blue dress 'what a stupid dress' Vanessa thought. Kira and Terra showed up and Vanessa and Alley ran up ro them.

They got to school and did what they do everyday.

Terra was doing her classwork when Daniella came up to her and said " hello Terra" "ugh what do you want Daniella" "all I want to say is you will never beat me no matter what you do when we were on that Beach I was suspicious about why you invited Ceredy with you" "it's because Kira and Ceredy were friends" "and you just knew that I would be there too" "well you are a clingy little idiot" so you created a plan too bad this "idiot" isn't so stupid I never had my guard down when I was on the beach I knew something was wrong I could feel it and once Vanessa and Alley jumped on me I knew that it was true so I threw them in the ocean and now they're here at school how? how are they here they probably can't swim I didn't see them come up and there was an undertoe to so you need to explain some things" Daniella demanded "I don't need to explain anything to you all you need to do is turn around walk away and get your ugly butt down" "whatever you say but I know that something is wrong here and I'm going to prove it" said Daniella as she walked to her seat.

In the lunch line Terra got worried about what Daniella said. ' It doesn't matter how much she looks she'll never get close to our secret' she thought 'maybe she will no no she won't' her mind was arguing with itself. 'What if she-' " Terra! Terra! are you okay? why were you staring out into space like that?" Asked Dan "huh? Dan? oh hey Dan!" Said Terra confused.

" what were you thinking about?"

"huh?"

"what were you thinking about when you were staring into space like that"

"oh I don't know I was just thinking about something"

"well it must've been fascinating because you were staring pretty hard"

"hahaha your funny Dan" said Terra playfully

Kira, Vanessa, and Alley sat at the table and they started talking.

"So Vanessa, Alley where were you I saw you guys were missing on the news" said Eric.

" oh me and Vanessa were just out and about and then we forgot to look at the time so we didn't have any sense of time and we ended up sleeping at a camp we found with people from our school so sorry that we cause problems" said Alley "that didn't seem very smart because there were police looking for you everywhere" says Dan "well we apologize to our parents so I think that it's all good" said Vanessa.

~Later~

Alley, Vanessa, Terra, and Kira were walking home from school. " bye you guys" said Kira "bye" said Terra "see you guys later" said Alley "bye" said Vanessa and Terra and Kira went into their house.

Vanessa and Alley started awkwardly walking home this is what they do everyday after school. Since they hate each other they never talk when going home they just awkwardly walk next to each other.

It's starting to look cloudy Alley runs into her house squeamish of the rain Vanessa loved the rain, she spun around, danced, and jumped in puddles.

'Omg what if I turn into a mermaid' she thought she went into her house " I'm home" said Vanessa " welcome back honey" said her mother "hello my daughter" said her father she went into her room and grabbed a towel.

She looked at her legs 'huh I'm not a fish' she thought excitedly. She walked into her bathroom wanting to take a shower until she started to feel weird she fell on the ground and her legs felt weird. She rolled on to her back and sat up she saw a purple tail she had a yellow colored top on and realized she was a mermaid and started being scared but slightly excited.

Alley ran into the house before the rain started she looked out the window and saw the rain falling and Vanessa was out there jumping, dancing, and spinning in the rain. 'Ugh what is wrong with her doesn't she know she'll get sick' Alley thought she closed the curtain and went to her mom she was the only one back from work "hey Mom" "hello Alley oh! Can u bring the clothes inside before they get wet?" Asked her mom "ugh ok mom" Alley hated getting drenched in water unless she was at a water park. She got her yellow raincoat and her rainbow rain boots she went outside and saw the clothes they were beyond saving they were drenched.

She put all of the soaking wet clothes into the basket and went inside she started to feel weird. She ran to under the umbrella.

She fell down and she sat up to see a yellow tail and a blue top she was a mermaid and she was kind of excited.

Alley stayed under the umbrella until the rain stopped and the tail disappeared she went inside and she saw her family on the phone with the police. " Alley oh my God! where have you been we call the police we were worried sick we thought you were running away again" said her mother basically having a heart attack. " no I was right outside and I was playing under the rain I'm sorry that I cause trouble" said Alley sweetly "it's okay I mean well, you were gone for a long time so we thought you were running away I'm sorry that we jump to conclusions you're okay right?" "yes I'm okay" "good now come on in i bet you're hungry I made your favorite" Alley went inside and ate.