Meanwhile back at the house Luca was started to get worried "Hey do you think that we should check on Alberto?" He ask Giulia "Don't worry I'm sure that he'll be back by now if not we'll go find him." He nodded. Later at the island both Alberto and the women been staring at each other for a moment but Alberto doesn't have the words to speak. "I know that this is a shocked to you but please don't be afraid." "I...i don't believe it...h-how do I know that your telling a truth!?" "Alberto please, I'm telling the truth." He took a moment to think "Look, how about you come to my home and you'll explain everything. Alright?" "Yes." "Alright come on let's go it's getting late." As they were about to swim home he noticed that she has some scars on her face and her left arm "Hey um how did you get those scars?" "Those land monsters almost caught me and I got away well almost... " "When did that happen?" "When I was with your father...before you were even born." "Your...a sea monster too?" She nodded as she shows him her sea monster form.
They swim back home seeing Luca, Giulia and their families hanging out in the backyard "Hey Alberto's back!" Both Luca and Giulia ran up to Alberto but they noticed a woman who is hiding behind him "Hey who's your friend?" Giulia point a woman "Um this is...this is my...mom." Both Luca and Giulia's eyes went wide "What!?" "Are you serious!?" "Yes it's true and she's also a sea monster, it's okay mom theses my friends." "Your friends...?" "Yes this is Luca my closet friend and this is Giulia my step sister." His mother was confused "She's your...sister? I don't understand?" "There's a lot of stuff that you miss since your gone." Said Alberto
"But don't worry ma'am he been living with my father for a year and he's been happy, we've been taking good care of him too." Said Giulia as his mother nodded slowly "What should we tell them?" Luca ask Alberto "Well there's no other choice they have to meet her." They went to the backyard to meet the rest of the family, "Mom, dad there's someone we want you to meet, this is-" As soon Luca was about to say her name Luca's mother gets up on her chair and her face expression was field with joy and sadness "So-sofi!?" "Danna!?"
They ran into each other and hug tightly "Wait you two know each other!?" Said both Alberto and Luca "*giggles* yes we used to be best friends, oh my goodness I can't believe that your here what happened to you I thought that you where gone." Daniella was crying so much "I've been hiding from someone." "Hiding, hiding from what?" "From..." "Mom, what's going on why haven't you been around since I was born, where have you been?" Said Alberto as his mother sighs softly "You all better sit down because this is a long story." She began to tell the story.
(Flashback Many Years Ago)
It's was a summer of 1953 in Portorosso, both Sofia and her dear friend Daniella where heading to the surface for the first time "Oh I don't know how I feel about this Sofi, what if those Land Monster things are not that friendly?" "Don't worry about it Danna I'm sure that they're are nice land monster." Said Sofia as they both made it to the surface.
As they went to the surface suddenly they slowly turning into a human being "Woah Sofia look at you! You look so different I mean it's a good different but- WOAH LOOK AT ME!!! I'M A HUMAN!!!" Daniella was started to freak out "Woah, woah, woah calm down." She calm Daniella as she took a deep breath "Woah this is...amazing and it's so bright out here." They look around seeing everything around them, the grass, the sky, the clouds, the sun, and they even felt the wind for the first time "Woah isn't beautiful Danna." "Yeah it's very beautiful, but don't like it too much you don't know what's going on here." They begin to slowly take their first step and begin to walk around "Wait there's something that I wanted to test." "What is it?" Daniella splash herself in the water and it's turns out that she can turn into a sea monster "I knew it so if you get splash in the water it will turn you back!" "Well maybe we just have to be careful, now come on let's explore this place." She grab her hand but she ends up moving back. "Daniella what's wrong? Didn't you want to be up here?" "I do but...i just had a terrible feeling about this...this isn't safe at all." "Come on Danna it's not that bad, plus we can be really carful." "Look Sofi I just don't want to be involved and I'm scared if something terrible happens to you." "Hey it's okay, I promise nothing's bad is gonna happen to me." She nodded as they shared their last hug.
Later on Sofia walk around the island until she saw someone it's was a land monster so she try to find somewhere to hide but it's was too late and then "Um hi." "Hello are you lost ma'am?" "Oh um no I uh...I've been...living here for a long time." She started to get nervous "Really? What to your parents?" "They left when I was a child...they said that I was old enough to be on my own." "Oh no I'm so sorry to hear that, so you been leaving here all by yourself?" She nodded "Hmm how about I'll take you to my hometown." He smiles softly "Re-really!?" "Yep and maybe you can meet my family." She smiles brightly "Yeah that would be great!" "That's great, by the way I'm Bruno Scorfano what's your name?" "I'm Sofia Romano." "Nice to meet you, come on we're get in to my boat." As soon they where about to get in the water Sofia quickly stopped. "Hey what's wrong?" "I um...i don't like being water...because when I was little I tried to learn to swim but I...end up drowning so I'm afraid of...water." "Oh I'm sorry I didn't know, how about I'll carry you to the boat?" "Oh that would be wonderful, thank you." He carried her to the boat but she was trying to get water on her feet.
They start swimming across the ocean and headed to Portorosso, she was so amazed when she sees so many things and so many people too "Come on I want you to meet my family." She nodded but then she was so nervous "Hey don't worry my family is nice, I promise." She nodded as they went inside.
"Mama, Papa I'm home!" He yelled out to his parents which they were in the kitchen "Oh hello Bruno it's good to see you, and you bought a friend." "Yeah this is Sofia I found her in the island alone, do you think that you can make her some food?" "Yes of course dear, oh that's reminds me your brother Francesco and his son is coming by later on." "Okay thanks mom." She went to the kitchen as someone knock on the front door "Ciao everyone!" "Francesco!" He gets up and start hugging his brother "Oh Sofia this is my brother Francesco and this is here is my nephew Ercole." She waved at the little boy but he hide behind his father "Hehe sorry about him he's shy when he meets new people." "It's okay." She smiles "So Bruno have you seen newspaper recently?" He handed him the newspaper and Sofia was shocked as she sees a picture of a sea monster "Ugh that photo is a fake and besides there's no such thing as sea monster." "Well you never know little brother." Later after dinner Bruno showed Sofia around town and so far she's really enjoyed being up here in the surface.
As two years past Sofia was pregnant and she was so happy but then suddenly she saw her husband sitting in the dark "Honey? What's wrong?" "Those...those monsters...killed...my parents..." His voice "Monsters? What monsters-" "THOSE MONSTERS!!!" He pointed the picture of the sea monster from the newspaper. "They're gonna pay for what they did..." His voice was frightened Sofia as she back away but she doesn't know what to say "I knew that I couldn't trust those hideous monsters." Those words hurt Sofia but then suddenly her water broke "Br-bruno! M-my water broke! I think it's time!" He quickly gets up as she lays down and start giving birth, after a few moments she give birth to a healthy baby boy.
As she was resting in the bed she then realize that he was about to clean their son, she quickly gets out of bed and start running but then it's was too late she sees her baby on the table while her husband is sitting down as soon she was about to walk to him but then he stopped her. "What is this disgusting thing...this...this isn't my son...what have you done..." She was frightened but then he gets up holding his son "Wh-what are you doing with him!?" She then realize what he was doing "No don't! Please don't kill him please!" He was up on the top of the tower while it's was raining outside Sofia didn't have a choice she step outside and save her son but then she sees her husband's face expression it's was field with shocked and angered when he saw the women of his life is a sea monster this whole time.
"How long...how long were you...a sea monster..." "Bruno please-" "HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A SEA MONSTER!?!?!?" He snapped at her and it made their son cried "Since...forever...from the day you found me...i didn't want to tell you because your people haunt and kill my people...and I didn't want you to find out and I didn't want to lose this happiness I want to be here with you and for our family...Bruno I am so sorry..." "All this time I was married to a sea monster...you lied to me...and now...your nothing to me...you and that horrible creature are monsters..." He then take his son away from her "You should leave now..." "Please you don't have to do this...we're not monsters...please Bruno...don't do this..." She begs him not to leave "If you don't leave now...i will kill you and this...disgusting monster." She didn't have the words to say so she took one last look at her son and started headed to the sea.
(Flashback Ended)
"I really wish that I wouldn't leave you behind...i want to take you home and I don't know what to do..." Everyone was so speechless but then suddenly Alberto gets and walks slowly and starts hugging his mother while everyone else started crying "*cries* I am so sorry that I abandoned you...i wanted to go back and save you...and then I went back to find you and you weren't there I was looking for you everywhere and now...i finally found you..." "Mom...look at me...i'm okay I'm now in a better place with my new family and now...i want you to be apart of this family as well." They started crying even more and start hugging each other more.
(To be Continued)
