"Charlotte! C'mon! The faster you bring in those boxes, the faster we can catch a break!" her mom, Annette yelled as she brought the last few boxes into the house.

They had just moved into a new house ALL the way across America. From Atlanta, Georgia to Santa Clarita, California, no less. Well, while her mom works in Los Angeles, as a chief in a small, but popular restaurant, they were living in Valencia, Santa Clarita, a county in California. And, to be honest, she's glad to be so far away since...

Charlotte shook her head. Though she knew she couldn't forget what happened in Australia, she would try to change herself, personality speaking, and start fresh.

Well, this is my new life, she thought. Then, her mom came in from the kitchen.

"Well, isn't this great? Here we are, living in a beautiful house that's a short ride to the beach, the mall, or wherever you teenagers go," she said as she hugged her, "Listen, I got a call from my boss and I have to get going. Do you mind if I leave you here?"

Charlotte shook her head.

"Well, Thanks." Her mom grabbed the keys and headed to the car. "I'll pick something up on the way home! Feel free to roam around!" her mom said as she went out the door. Charlotte waited until the sound of the car's engine was far in the distance.

She looked around the 2-story house. It had 2 bedrooms upstairs and 1 bedroom downstairs, 3 bathrooms (meaning she has one to herself), a living room, a gourmet kitchen, and a small pool with a big, grassy in the backyard. She could see what her mom meant when she said it was the "American Dream House'' when she brought it. Then, she went back into the living room, which happened to be full of boxes.

"Well, if you're going to change yourself Charlotte, start learning to make yourself useful," she said to herself.

Immediately, she got to work. First, she put all the all the boxes into the room where they belong( meaning the kitchen boxes went into the kitchen, her boxes went into her room, her mom's boxes went into her room, and put all the bathroom stuff in hers and her mom's bathroom.) After that, she spent 3 hours unpacking EVERY SINGLE THING and putting it in order. Thank goodness the moving men brought and moved the furniture in early and already put them in the according to rooms, so she had everything where it needed to go.

She looked at her watch.

5:30 pm.

She's been busy. She looked around the house again. It barely looks like she just moved in. Looking at her watch again, knowing she still had a few hours left until her mom got back. She went upstairs and changed from her simple t-shirt and jeans to a long white, sleeveless dress and white sandals. She made her long, red hair into a French braid and grabbed her sunglasses.

Well, I'm ready to go, she thought. She went downstairs, left a note on the kitchen counter, and left the house.

She boarded a bus at the bus stop on the corner and the driver said: "Well, you're new here, aren't ya?"

She nodded. "Yeah, I just moved in with my mom. She's gone at the moment so I'm doing a little exploring. What's the most popular place for teens to go?"

The driver laughed and said, "Tell me your name and I'll drop you off at my favorite site personally." She smiled." Charlotte Watsford," she said. The driver smiled and said, "Take a seat, Charlotte, but beware the drive will be a little long and out of my jurisdiction." Charlotte nodded and sat down.

An hour later, the driver yelled "CHARLOTTE WATSFORD!"

The bus was empty, except for her and the driver. So, she got up and went to him.

"Here's your stop, now I got to go. Be here at 9 so I can pick you up, O.K.?"

"O.K.," she said. As she got off the bus, the driver said one more thing.

"Hey Charlotte?"

She turned to him.

"Yeah?"

He grinned.

"Welcome to Paradise Cove."

Alright, this is the first official chapter of my story and I need a few ideas. But I need to clear something:

1. Charlotte being a mermaid is the key part of this story.

2. The dog will still be a Pit-bull Terrier.

3. There is NO pairing, a potential guy-crush, yes, but no pairings. This story is about her redeeming herself and fixing her mistakes. She can have friends and crushes, but they'd be secondary characters.

4. In this story, Charlotte gets to keep her tail and power, permanently. SPOILER!