This chapter will be more about Sebastian. Enjoy ;)

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Chapter 9

Sebastian Smythe's life was seemingly perfect: His parents were super rich so he could always afford the most expensive cars or clothes, he was a straight A student, he was leader and soloist of the Warblers, the rock stars at Dalton and he had a perfect boyfriend, Blaine Anderson, a legend among the Warblers. However, he wasn't happy. He was really upset to be honest. He knew that Blaine was hiding something from him, but he didn't know what it was. Even worse news: Gay Face seemed to be part of that secret or at least knew more than he did. Sebastian groaned in frustration. He was sitting at his desk in his room and supposed to do homework. Thanks to his high IQ, he was already done and was staring at his book instead. What did those two boys hide? He had to find out or else he could lose Blaine to Kurt Hummel, his arch nemesis. "Sebastian, darling?", Mrs. Smythe knocked on her son's door. "What is it?", Sebastian grumbled. "This weekend, we are going to visit grandma. Be a nice boy and search through her things what we could bring to her.", she said. "But I have to do homework!", Sebastian complained. Mrs. Smythe laughed softly. "Don't try to fool me, son. I know you're already done.", she said and walked away. Sebastian groaned. His mother knew him too well. He got up and went to the basement right to his grandma's things. His grandmother died when he was eleven years old. Sebastian wasn't that sad because he never really knew her anyway. Grandmother was always acting so…weird and mysterious. Mom always wanted to lay some of her belongings to her grave to honor her. Sebastian kneeled down next to the box and rummaged through her things. He stopped when he saw a shiny box inside. Sebastian frowned. He never remembered that box. He laid the item on his lap and tried to open it, but in vain. However, he spotted an oddly shaped keyhole on the box. Where had he seen a key like that? Suddenly, he remembered. Sebastian quickly got up, left the basement and then the mansion and ran straight to his Porsche.

His assumption led him straight to the cemetery where his grandmother was buried. Sebastian quickly parked his Porsche, got out and went to her tombstone.

Nora Iris Smythe, née Garrick

Beloved mother and wife

1924-2006

it said. Sebastian lifted the flowers. He had to dig a little with his fingers, but finally, he found the key. Sebastian frowned. Back then, when his grandmother was buried, he saw some mysterious women hiding the key. But why? He turned the key in his hands, put the flowers back and returned to his car. Inside the car, he opened the box. The box contained some old letters and pictures. Sebastian glanced at the first picture…and gaped. There at the picture was none other than his grandmother…with a fishtail.

All Sebastian could do was gape. Was that picture fake? He rummaged through the other items and saw a sketch. A sketch of a lime-green fishtail and details about the length and the width. Unfortunately, the paper was yellowed, and he couldn't read it anymore. He looked at the other items and spotted more photos of his younger grandmother as a part fish while swimming in the sea. He even found a dry, lime-colored, shiny fish scale. Sebastian turned the scale in his hands. He couldn't quite believe it. His grandmother had been a real mermaid! The green-eyed boy grinned. He couldn't wait to tell Blaine about that. Sebastian frowned. Blaine would never believe him. He had to find a cast iron proof first before he told his boyfriend about his discovery. Or anyone.

The following weeks, Sebastian did some research and even cancelled some dates with Blaine. He rummaged through his grandmothers' old things and interrogated friends of hers. But nobody seemed to know anything. Sebastian sighed while he was sitting at his desk, looking at Nora Smythe's belongings. In her notes, she was always talking about the big lake in Lima. She never even mentioned how she became a mermaid in the first place, just that one had to be "in the right place at the right time". Sebastian got up and once again went to his car. Maybe he would find answers at that lake his grandmother kept talking about.

He parked his car at the parking and got out. It was slowly getting dark, but Sebastian needed to find out whether that damn lake was somehow important for his researches. He took his torch and went to the deserted forest near the sea, following a tiny river. Sebastian stopped when he saw an odd hole on the floor. He shone down with his torch and discovered a small tunnel. The green-eyed boy sat down and jumped down the hole. He frowned when he landed on sand. How was that even possible? Sebastian took his torch, followed the tunnel… and gasped when he spotted a lake of sorts, its water was shining blue. Sebastian quickly retrieved the sketches of his grandmother and found a drawing of that weird lake. He gasped. His grandmother had been there? Sebastian startled when he saw two silhouettes underwater that were about to surface. What was that? He quickly hid behind the corner before those figures surfaced, just in case. "I was first to arrive here!" Sebastian almost fell out of his hiding place when he recognized that voice. Blaine? What was he doing there? "Not even in your dreams, Anderson!", another, higher voice answered with sass. Sebastian's mouth flew open. Gay Face? What was Blaine doing there with Gay Face? Why were they swimming when it was that cold outside? Did they have a death wish? Sebastian carefully peeked around the corner. His eyes almost popped out of his sockets. Right there in the water were his boyfriend and princess Hummel, but they were not human. The lower half of their bodies were fishtails. Sebastian disbelievingly looked down Kurt's bright blue and Blaine's mint green tail. Where his eyes playing a trick on him? Kurt flicked his tailfin. "Blaine, we really need to get going now! I promised Mercedes and Rachel to go watch Hair with them", he said. Blaine nodded. "But be careful with your voice now, okay? You know that the full moon turns you into a siren, right?", he warned his friend. Sebastian cocked his eyebrows. What were they talking about? "Yes, yes, no singing along, no humming, no nothing, I get it. But let's going now, I don't want to be late!", Hummel said and dipped into the water without even taking a breath. Blaine grinned to himself and followed suit. After both of them were gone, Sebastian left his hide out, went to the edge of the lake, and stared down the water. He still couldn't believe it. Blaine and that Hummel princess were part fish! What the actual fuck?! He was pulled out of his thoughts when the water suddenly started bubbling. On top of that, bubbles floated to the sky. Sebastian gaped at the spectacle. What the hell? He carefully kneeled down and touched the water. It felt a little bit warmer, but that was all. Nothing special. Sebastian was a bit disappointed. He got up, took his torch and left that weird place. He really needed to sleep over it. Maybe, he hoped, it was just a dream because there was no way Gay Face and Blaine were mythical creatures.

The next day, Sebastian got out of bed and yawned. Thank god it was Saturday and he could sleep in. He went to his own en-suite bathroom and opened the faucet of his whirlpool. After there was enough water in there, he went in and enjoyed the warmth of the water. Suddenly, he felt a weird sensation in his whole body and the water around him bubbled. Sebastian frowned. He didn't remember turning the massage-function of his whirlpool on. The bubbling ceased and Sebastian lifted his oddly feeling legs out of the water. However, a lime green fin came into view instead. The green-eyed boy stared at his tail in shock. How the hell was that possible? Suddenly, the sentence of his grandmother echoed in his mind. Be in the right place at the right time. Sebastian started smirking to himself. "Thanks for your hint, grandmother", he murmured and flicked his new fin. After bathing, he dried his tail with his hairdryer (His grandmother's idea as he read in her notes. God bless her), got up and left his mansion. Time to pay the moonpool another visit.

A/N: Dun dun dun! Didn't see that one coming, did you? Please like, comment or whatever ;)