I was completely done for today. It was just after lunch and I felt like death. I did not want anything else to happen, especially without a good long warning. Most people would say that the last day of school is great, but to me it is heck. I am a perfectionist and cannot help but constantly rewrite my rewrites of my papers that were due today. But now it was all over, and I could go home and just fall asleep.

"Hey Elsa?" I turned my head. It was a boy I was lab partners with within chemistry, he was shy and did not talk much, I think his name was Bob.

"Yeah?" I asked a little tiredly. I was already preparing my response to deny going to any party he was no doubt inviting me to.

"Do you have a sister?"

I stopped walking and completely faced him. "What?"

He looked a bit uncomfortable now that I was giving him my full attention.

"It's just that…" He started to fidget.

I gave him a raised eyebrow, trying to get him to just spill it. I was crossing my heart that he was just asking me to see if he could meet her, because if I had a sister then maybe he thought he would have a better chance with her than anyone did with me. And not because in reality he knew my sister.

"There is a girl who is claiming to be your sister at the back gate." He explained. "She seems nice but strange. She isn't wearing any shoes."

I stared at him for I do not know how long but I could feel the seconds ticking.

"Elsa?" He asked. "Is she your sister or do we need to call someone."

I made a mad dash for the back gate, leaving Bob with his mouth open in shock. I never ran as fast as I did right now. I finally reached the back gate and saw her. My sister Anna was standing by the brick fence chatting away with a guy.

"My sister is great. She will be the absolute best!" I heard Anna say to the guy, who was leaning towards her very closely.

"Anna!" I shouted as I practically forced her away from the man.

Anna did not seem to ketch onto my worry and greeted me nonchalantly.

"Oh, hey Elsa, I was looking for you." She said it with a smile while she hugged me.

I just stood between her and the strange man.

"What were you doing around my little sister?" I asked defensively.

"Elsa." Anna tugged at my arm. "This is Hans, he was keeping me company while I waited for you."

"It's nice to meet you." Hans said nicely.

I was not buying it. "Sorry, I just think you were getting a little to close." My words were nice, but my tone was an attack.

Hans nodded his head. "I apologize, but when a princess of the ocean is speaking, I insist on hearing every last word."

"Well you didn't have to be…Wait what?" I realized what he said and looked at Anna. Would she actually tell people about our secret?

Anna just giggled at my expression. "Elsa, he is a merman." She said it like it was obvious.

I just turned back to Hans who gave me a bow. "It is an honor to meet you my Queen."

I just stood there flabbergasted. When I did find my voice, it was uncertain. "It is nice to meet you too."

"Now if you will excuse me, I have to deliver my paper." He gave Anna a smile and me a courteous nod before he headed to the college buildings.

I stood there staring after him until he went inside, then I turned to Anna. "He goes to school?"

Anna nodded. "He told me that he saw you a couple of times but did not realize you were the Queen."

I was still processing that there had been a merman in my school this whole time and I did not notice it. "Are there a lot of merfolk on land?"

"No." Anna quickly said. "Only those that are curious come to land, but they don't stay, and then there are those that fall in love, but that never really ends well."

I thought about my parents. "Why wouldn't it work out? Our parents loved each other, I thought it only came to an end because she was the Queen."

Anna looked sad. "It wouldn't have worked out for them in the long run, even if our mother was not the Queen."

"Why is that?" I looked at her expectantly.

Anna lowered her head. "Because she would have outlived him."

"What?" A thought crossed my mind. "Anna, how long do mermaids live." I asked it but I did not really want to know the answer.

"Three hundred years."

"Three hundred years?!" I could not believe it. I was going to be alive for that long.

Anna nodded, she looked up sadly to me. "I don't know how merfolk could stand to fall in love with a human knowing that they would leave them, I know I could not handle it."

I put a comforting arm over her shoulders. I wanted to say something but then I thought about my friends. One day Rapunzel, Flynn and Kristoff would be gone, and I would have two hundred years left to go. I could not talk about it any longer.

"Why are you here anyway?" I asked her, trying to change the subject.

Anna seemed to brighten up a bit. "Kristoff said he got the boat and for us to meet him at the docks."

"What? But I thought he said that he would not be able to get it for another week." I remembered the conversation we had two days ago, and he had made it clear that the owner of the boat was going on a fishing trip and would only be back next Saturday.

"Apparently the man's wife is forcing him to come on a road trip, so the boat is ours as long as Kristoff takes care of it."

I groaned. "Do we have to do it today?" I gave Anna a pleading look, hoping she would take pity on me.

Anna just folded her arms and looked sternly back at me, she would have looked intimidating if she was at least as tall as me and also not wearing her usual mermaid dress.

"Yes. We are going to do it today; you have been avoiding the water as much as possible since your first transformation and I am not taking "No" for an answer anymore."

"But that is just because I had schoolwork and you left me in the pool for four days, I needed to catch up with all that lost time." I complained. "I still get in the pool occasionally, so I don't see what the problem is." I folded my arms and glared right back at her.

Anna puffed up her cheeks in annoyance. "Elsa, you told me that the moment Kristoff gets the boat we are going into the ocean. He has the boat, so we are going. I have been here for almost two months and you barely hang out with me or do anything remotely fun, every time its "Later Anna" and I can't take it anymore." Frustration was clear on her face and her lip wobbled a little when she said that.

I lost my irritation when I saw my sister like this. I lowered my arms. I felt bad. Anna has been very patient and understanding but still after I had started to avoid her and the water because of school I could only imagine the annoyance and loneliness. I had friends, Anna had nothing but my pool and Sven who often came to play.

"I'm sorry." I whisper down cast. "I didn't realize, I often get sidetracked with school and I did not even think about how you were feeling."

"Stop it Elsa." Anna grabbed my hands; she now looked a little worried. "I didn't mean to make you feel guilty, I was just worried that you were closing yourself off from me and the water."

I quickly shook my head. "No, I just really had a lot to do."

Anna smiled reassuringly at me. "I am sorry to, I have always been a little pushy. Why do you not want to do it today?"

I returned Anna's smile and then grimaced a little. "I'm just really tired. I have been stressing out and just want to go to sleep."

"Are you always this exhausted after going to school?" Anna asked.

I thought about it. "No, I actually usually have enough energy to go and celebrate at Raps is party and even stay up past midnight. I guess the fact that I am free from school gives me a burst of energy."

Anna gave me a knowing smile. "So why do you think you are tired this time around?"

I gave her a half frown. "Maybe because I had to have the stress of finding out I was a mermaid queen and you constantly giving me headaches with all the magic stuff."

Anna huffed angerly at me and then proceeded to grab my arm, dragging me away. "No. It is because you have been avoiding the water and now your body is aching for it."

"What?" I asked as she pulled me in the direction of the docks. "I have been out of the water all my life and this has never happened before."

"That's because you got used to it." Anna explained. "You haven't been in your mermaid form since you were three. Now that you have transformed, your body is catching up with all that lost time. So, we are going to the ocean and you can thank me…OUCH!" Anna yelped as she hopped on one foot and had a hold of the other.

I put my arms on her shoulders to help steady her and then looked down. A pinecone rolled away. I giggled but when Anna frowned at me, I gave her a strict look. "We told you that you need to wear shoes."

Anna shrugged her shoulders. "I've never worn them before, and you also never gave me any."

I kept my mouth shut at that. Anna was just as clueless of the human world as I was of the mermaid one, but Anna was teaching me were as I have not. I sighed, think about how hard it was to all of a sudden be responsible of another person and to teach them right and wrong and what was considered the normal way of doing things. A thought struck me, and I immediately turned to Anna.

"You are not supposed to let a man get that close to you." I told her.

Anna looked a bit confused. "What do you mean?"

I gave her a look. "I am talking about Hans."

"Oh." Anna said as she seemed to understand what I was talking about. "You don't have to worry about him, he is just a young merman trying to court a princess."

"What?" I was taken aback by her response.

Anna nodded. "We merfolk take the idea of marriage differently from humans." She began to explain. "We do not have jobs or the fear of limited resources so except to tie two families together we really don't think of marriage as any way to gain anything. Merfolk also are not allowed to divorce so if you want to spend three hundred years with someone then you have to choose correctly, and no mermaid is more desirable then someone with royal blood."

I nodded my head slowly. It made since. "You have experienced this kind of thing before." I said it like it was a statement.

"Not exactly, it never happened to me, but I saw it happen with Mom a lot."

I gave her a confused look. "But you said that mermaids do not divorce?"

She nodded. "Yes, but Dad was a human and they never had a traditional merfolk wedding, so she was considered unmarried, it got even worse when Father died."

I frowned at that. Anna gave me a smile before she looked ahead excitedly. "We are here. Hey Kristoff!" Anna waved her hand and I looked to see Kristoff waving back at us while he was in a small motorboat.

Anna and I walked out on the docking area and made it over to him. He stretched out his hand to help us onto the boat.

"Welcome your majesties." He said as I took his hand. I gave him a side smirk while Anna covered her mouth as she giggled.

"Thanks, Kristoff, for getting the boat for us." I said after we were seated, and he was casting off.

"No problem, I have been wanting to get a boat and go sailing for some time now and this was the perfect push." He said it with a shrug.

I smiled happily at him. He was not that rich, but he still insisted that hr would rent the boat and take us out to sea. He did not say why but I knew it was because of the fact I was still afraid of the beach. I now know that my mother was a mermaid but that still did not erase the memory of the wave taking her away. Sven barked at me breaking my train of thought. I reached over and scratched behind his ear, Anna did the same and soon he was on his side laying on our feet as we scratched at his tummy.

We started to drift from the dock slowly.

"It takes a minute to get going." Kristoff explained.

"To slow." Anna said as she reached over the side and touched the water. A wave formed and started to push the boat forward. We started to get a lot of speed and I noticed that the wave was getting bigger. Kristoff yelled with excitement as he steered the boat and Sven was happily sticking his tong out in the wind. I smiled and enjoyed the ride.

We were like that for a couple of minutes, but I noticed that we kept gaining speed. I turned to Anna to tell her to slow down. Anna still had her hand in the water, but she had a worried expression on her face. I could feel the magic dripping from her and could tell that it was not to get us to go faster but rather her trying to slow us down. I looked down at the water and realized that the wave had gotten really big and that it was lifting us up. I immediately reached over and put my hand in the water, calming it and making it lower us down slowly. We came to a stop.

"Thanks Elsa." Anna said it with a tired expression. I grabbed her hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze.

"Well we are now here." Kristoff announced.

I looked around us. I could just make out land in the distance, everywhere else was water. The boat started to sway. I grabbed onto the side as I saw Anna stand up and dive. She only made a small ripple and I felt jealous. Her head popped up.

"Come on Elsa, get in." Anna said excitedly as she gestured for me.

I stood up and stood at the side of the boat. I positioned myself just like how Anna was and dove into the water. It hit my face and I instantly regretted not just doing a cannon ball. I felt myself transformed and immediately I felt better, it was like a humongous weight was lifted off me and I was giving a warm cup of hot chocolate, I stretched out and then resurfaced.

"That was an elegant face plant Elsa." Kristoff said. Anna giggled and I sent a wave at her. She dived under to avoid it and I gave Kristoff a glare when I saw him smirk.

"Promise you will not tell Raps or Flynn, or you are going to get soaked." I threatened him, and to show I was not joking around I raised my hand and the water started to move around me.

He raised his hands in surrender. "Okay, okay, calm down."

I lowered my hands and gave him a smirk. He just folded his arms and rolled his eyes at me. Anna resurfaced and approached me cautiously.

"You ready?" Anna asked.

I looked at her and then down. The ocean felt bottomless and I suddenly felt really small in it.

"As long as we stay near the boat, I guess." I said feeling a bit concerned.

Anna nodded, smiling encouragingly at me. "Then why don't we have a race first?" She asked. I thought about it and then nodded.

I turned to Kristoff. "How fast can that boat go?"

"Pretty fast, as long as you give it time to get up to speed." He said as he realized why I had asked. He turned on the motor and the boat started to move forward.

Anna dived under and I fallowed her. The boat started to gain speed as Anna, and I were on separate sides of it.

"Remember to relax Elsa." Anna said to me.

I gave her a nod and continued to swim. The boat was now going fast, and I was starting to push myself to keep up, but strangely I did not feel like I was tiring out. It felt good and I wanted to go faster. I looked over at Anna and she gave me a wave. She then shot up straight out of the water and then dove back in like a dolphin.

"The trick is to keep your head tucked." Anna explained. She must have saw how I wanted to dive like her but did not want to repeat the face plant.

"Thank you." I said and then I shot up to the surface. I put my arms forward and tucked my head, my body curved, and I dove back into the water. I looked over at Anna and she gave me a big grin. I smiled back at her and we both shot up out of the water.

It was really fun. We were not really racing, I knew Anna could swim a lot faster than that, instead we were just enjoying the moment. I kept jumping out and diving and so did Anna. Anna started to do flips when she broke out of the water, but I decided that I was happy with what I could do. Kristoff was also having fun and shouting at the top of his lungs, and Sven was barking at me and Anna excitedly. A huge grin was on my face. I did not want this to end.

The boat started to slow down. Me and Anna stopped and swam towards Kristoff.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"Boat is running out of gas. I have just enough to return to the docks." He explained.

I felt myself become upset. I did not want to go back just yet.

"I could stay and just let the boat drift." Kristoff said, he must have noticed my down cast expression.

I shook my head. "No, you might drift to far and I know you have other things to do today. We should head back."

Kristoff stared at me for a while and then leaned forward so that he could look into my eyes.

"Are you sure you want to go back?" He asked.

I wanted to say yes but found I could not. I turned my eyes away.

"Why don't you go back, and Elsa and I can explore." Anna suggested.

I perked up at that idea. We did not necessarily need to go back with Kristoff, it was not like we could drown or anything. I looked up at Kristoff.

Kristoff gave me a small frown. "You sure you will be all right." He asked in a worried tone.

Realizing why he was asking I once again looked down into the water. The ocean was still big, and I still felt small in it, but now after having played in it for some time I felt strangely relaxed.

"Don't worry I will make sure she is safe." Anna said as she grabbed my hand. I immediately felt any trace of worry and doubt fade away and I squeezed her hand. Anna gave me a smile and I turned to Kristoff, giving him a smile and a nod to show I was good.

Kristoff sighed and slumped back on the boat. "If you say so."

Anna let go of my hand and swam up to the boat. She rested her arms on the side and looked up at Kristoff. "Trust me, Elsa will be fine, so you can just swim off back to shore and we will see you later." Anna said it with a smirk, and I knew she was teasing Kristoff.

Kristoff gave her his own smirk. "I am not worried about Elsa; I am more concerned about you. Do you think you can find your way back?"

Anna looked slightly offended. "I will have you know that merfolk have excellent navigation skills."

"I did not ask if mermaids could do it, I asked if you could." Kristoff countered.

Anna puffed out her cheeks and then laughed. "You win."

Kristoff raised his fist. "Victory is mine."

I covered my mouth with my hand and giggled.

Kristoff gave us a nod and then proceeded to turn the boat around. We waved as he left.

I turned to Anna. "What should we do?" I asked excitedly.

"I think we have been above water for long enough. Why don't we dive down and explore?" She suggested and I nodded.

We dove down. We kept going down and I marveled at all the fish that we passed, but then I noticed that we were being surrounded. I grabbed Anna's arm and we stopped. I looked around and we were encircled by so many types of fish. There were big ones and small ones and they came in so many colors.

They all stared at me and I felt nervous. Then all of them dipped their heads down. I felt a surge of power coarse through me. It was the same power I felt the night I first met Anna. I immediately started to panic. What if I lose control, why was this happening? I felt a hand on my arm and turned to face Anna. Her eyes were glowing, but she had a reassuring smile on her face.

"Calm down. They are just welcoming their queen back home and your magic is simply responding to them." Anna explained. I could tell she was not under any type of spell and I did not feel like I was being controlled. I turned and gazed around me.

"Thank you." I said. I did not know what to do but that felt right.

The fish started to circle us, and I felt like they were dancing. I felt the power grow but it was not consuming me. It felt like it was pushing me forward. I clasped my hands to my chest. I could still feel Anna holding onto my arm and that brought me some relief. I started to relax and just enjoy this moment. I opened my mouth and sang.

It was not a song filled with words, instead I was simply vocalizing. And even though I was using my voice and not my mind, it still came out clear and project out. It was like the ocean was caring my voice to every parts of the sea. Anna then started to vocalize with me. I turned to her and we smiled at each other as we sang. Our song was sweet and caring, and it filled the ocean with a calmness of being loved.

Our song slowly died down. I looked around. The fish gave one last nod and then they swam away. One small guppy swam up to me. I cupped my hands and it snuggled into it before darting away.

"I think they like you." Anna said.

I gave her a big grin. "That was quite the experience."

Anna nodded. "Just to let you know, you never get tired of it."

"You've experienced this before?" I asked her as we started to go deeper down.

"Yep. It happens all the time. The fish are just naturally attracted to the power of the ocean inside of us, especially the Queens powers. Mother and I would be taking a swim only for us to be pulled out of our thoughts for our magic to course through us. I remember one time I was exploring a shipwreck and then I was singing for a bunch of sharks." Anna explained.

"So, our magic just takes over us now and again?" I asked. I was not certain about how I felt to just suddenly have my magic not do what I wanted.

Anna put her hand on my shoulder. "Don't worry, it is not as bad as you think it is."

"How so?" I gave her a questioning look.

Anna furrowed her brow and thought deeply. "Well, how do you feel?" She asked.

I thought about it. "I feel peaceful. Like I have been wrapped up in a blanket that is fresh out of the dryer on a cold stormy night. I know there is a storm outside, but I am just so comfy." I tried to explain.

Anna looked confused at me. "What is a dryer?"

I giggled. "I will show you later. Please continue with your explanation."

"Well." Anna began. "I have already told you that merfolk are driven by their emotions."

I nodded. "You did mention that."

Anna twirled her hair in her finger. "I guess what I am trying to say is that we are very animalistic. We do not have jobs or anything like that, we just do what we want when we want. But if we lived three hundred years like that it would be very boring. So, our feelings are more pronounced. When we feel happy it is three times or more powerful then humans. The same can be applied to our other emotions. The one thing that keeps us separate from animals is that our thought process is similar to that of humans, we just lack greed or something. And above all else we are magical. You cannot just think of your magic as some entity that processes you or that you control. Your magic is you and you are your magic. Fighting it will get you nowhere. You must understand your magic so that you can truly understand yourself. Or so that is what I have been taught." Anna said.

We stayed silent for a while as I thought about what Anna had told me.

"How do you understand your magic?" I finally asked.

"By either just accepting you have magic flowing through you or practicing with it to see what you can do. But there is a secret one that only Queens and their daughters can do, because they have the magic of the ocean inside of them." Anna said. She said the last part in almost a whisper, as if it was not to be discussed.

"What is it?" I encouraged her on.

Anna stopped swimming and I turned to face her completely.

"You just look deep into yourself. I have done it a couple times with mother, but I have never really looked that hard." Anna explained.

"Can we try it out?" I asked. I did not know why but I felt very brave. I wanted to know, and it was pushing everything else out of my mind. A small voice in the back of my head reminded me of that night when I lost control, but I did not care. Being in the ocean and having my sister near me I felt like I could do anything. I wonder if this is what Anna meant by mermaids being animalistic.

Anna looked at me worriedly. "Are you sure?" She sounded uncertain, like she did not want to do it.

"Yes." I said it with conviction.

Anna gave me a small smile. "All right." She swam up to me and raised her hands up. "Let's hold hands, if you feel overwhelmed then just let go and you will snap out of it."

I raised my arms up and clasped my hands with Anna's. Anna closed her eyes and I did the same.

"Now just look into yourself. You might feel like you are pushing against your magic but that only lasts for a moment." Anna said.

I nodded my head and then focused. I looked deep into myself and just as Anna said, I felt a wall of magic. I pushed forward into it. It was solid and refused to budge but then it just gave out and sucked me in. I panicked for a moment but then decided to just go with it. I went deep into myself. I could see my past and I was slowly understanding myself. I was gentle and caring, but also strict. There was a loneliness deep inside as well. I kept going until I found my magic. It was like a palace of ice. It was big and grand. I went forward into it. I searched inside until I found its center. There in the middle of a gorgeous room was a box. I opened it. Inside was a single pure pearl. It was beautiful and I was entranced by it. I picked it up and cupped it in my hands. I could tell that this pearl was the ocean. I lifted my hands to my face and placed the pearl in my mouth and then I swallowed. I could feel it go down and then settle in my core. Its powers now inside of me flowed out and I felt like I was were I belonged. I twirled around excitedly. I was one with my powers. I wanted to tell Anna. She would be so happy for me and we could even live together in this ice palace. I then thought about Kristoff, Rapunzel, and Flynn. I wanted to tell them too but then I realized that they were not here anymore. They were humans that could not come to my realm and would only live a third of my life span. Pure anguish gripped my heart and I felt the water pressure push me down on the ground. I cried out in sorrow. The water would wash away my tears so to truly express my sorrow I wailed. I was heartbroken. The once captivating palace was now dark and cold.

"Who are you?"

I looked up at the voice. My tail had been frozen into the floor, so I was pushing my torso up with my arms. The voice belonged to a mermaid with white scales and black hair. She looked down at me with a superior expression on her face.

"Who are you." She asked again. I realized that I recognized her voice. It was the same voice that I had had when I had first used my powers.

"E-Elsa." I said it scared.

"That is not who you are."

I was taken aback by her words. I was Elsa. That was my name. I was the daughter of Iduna and Agnarr. And my little sister was… Who was my sister again? I tried to think but the more I tried the less I could remember. I did not have a sister. I could no longer remember my parents and then I realized I did not even know my name. I did not know who I was. I looked up at the mermaid in front of me. Fear in my eyes.

She smiled knowingly down at me. "You are realizing you have no idea of who you are."

"P-please." I said shaky. "Tell me who I am."

"You are the Queen of the ocean. And it is time for you to awaken."

Once she said that I felt clarity wash over me. Yes, that was who I was.

"How do I awaken?" I asked her. I wanted to know, because the moment I awoken this pain of sorrow and loneliness would be gone.

She smiled and then turned into sea foam. Once she was gone, I felt the pearl reignite. It hurt. I writhed on the floor. I raised my arms up and ice shot out of them. I was now free from the ice, and I started to cause a storm. I wanted to be alone. I did not want anyone to see me like this. Slowly the pain faded away and I was left hallow. Everything felt numb but strangely my hands felt warm. I looked down at them. It felt like someone was holding them. I remembered that it was Anna who was holding my hands. She had looked like she did not want to teach me on how to understand my magic, but I had pushed it aside and made her do it. A tear fell and I wished that I had not been so eager. Why could I not just return, or better yet, have never done it in the first place. I snapped my head up in realization. This was all happening in my head. Right now, I was holding Anna's hands and the moment I let go I would be free.

I felt the warmth of her hands in mine and pulled away.

Immediately I snapped back to reality. I was distorted and a little sick, but I felt ten times better then I had felt inside of that cold palace. I took a few galps to steady my breathing. I looked up and noticed that Anna was holding herself and crying.

"Anna!" I cried as I rushed over to her and enveloped her in a hug. "I'm sorry, I am so sorry." I whispered to her as I held her tightly.

I felt Anna shack her head. "I should have warned you."

I held Anna at arm's length. "No, I had insisted. I should have been more cautious. I did not even think of the consequences." Anna still looked upset and so I hugged her again. I had no doubt that Anna had gone through something similar as me.

What had happened was a nightmare. Looking inside of myself was supposed to help me learn more, but now I had even more questions. Who was that woman, what did it all mean, what exactly is my magic? I realized that I knew the answer to the last question. Anna had already tried to explain it. Mermaids are animalistic. We act upon our nature, which is tied to our magic of the ocean. And nature is beautiful and gentle, but also powerful and unforgiving.

I shifted and smiled. "Hey Anna, do you want to go exploring?" I asked.

She moved away from me wiping at her face with her arms. She gave me a smile and nodded. "yeah."

We looked in each other's eyes. Both of us had decided to talk about what had happened another time. Right now, we just wanted to forget and have fun.

We explored the ocean for a long time. It was all so fascinating. We had come to a cave and Anna had dove deep into it. At first, I was worried because it was so dark but then I realized that I could perfectly navigate in it.

"Echo location and merfolk can see slightly in the dark." Anna explained.

"That explains a lot." I said distractedly as a memory popped up into my head.

"Explains what?" Anna asked.

I giggled. "When I was younger, father had bought me a piñata."

"What is a piñata?" Anna piped in.

"It is a makeshift thing that you put candy in." I explained. "The point is that you are supposed to whack it with a bat and the candy falls out. To make it more interesting you are supposed to wear a blindfold and have people give you instructions on where to swing. But I always seemed to know where it was. Dad was very confused."

Anna laughed at that. "Sounds like mom forgot to mention that tidbit to him, or she didn't realize he himself did not have echo location."

We laughed as we continued down into the cave. We reached a wide area and Anna went down to the floor. She started to smooth her hands across the bottom.

"What are you doing?" I asked as I swam up next to her.

"Looking for something." She said while not bothering to look up at me.

Anna's hand snagged on something. "Ah ha!" She exclaimed as she started to yank upward. What she pulled up was something like a large mat. There was a lot of sea stuff on it but then Anna started to wipe it down. All the seaweed and algae started to come off, what was left was a squishy see through blue mat. It looked like jelly and I raised my hand to touch it. It was indeed squishy, but I also realized it was very sticky. Anna rolled it up and tucked it under her arm.

"What is that?" I asked as we started to head out of the cave.

"A merfolk bed." Anna explained. I raised my eyebrow at her, so she gave me a look. "Elsa, how do you think fish sleep?"

"I did not think fish slept at all." I said truthfully. I had never looked something like that up, and all of the aquariums I had ever visited the fish were always swimming around.

"Do you think merfolk do not sleep?" Anna pushed on.

I frowned at that. How exactly do you sleep in the ocean? You would just float away would you not? I turned to her. "So that helps you sleep?"

Anna nodded. "Yep, its squishy and comfortable but also sticky so you don't have to worry about drifting."

"Then how have you been sleeping these past two months?" I asked worriedly.

Anna rubbed her neck. "Not that good. I have either let myself drift only to bump into the side of the pool, or I rested on the staircase which is not the comfiest place to sleep."

"No wonder you wanted to go back in the ocean. And I thought I was exhausted." I said it sympathetically. Two months without a decent sleep sounded like torture.

"Well it is good that merfolk do not need as much sleep as humans do, and I am a very sound sleeper. I can sleep anywhere but I do miss my bed." Anna said it all with a smile.

"You should have told me. You could have slept in the house." I said.

Anna just shook her head. "No, I am used to being in the water. Sleeping on land sounds a little scary."

"Well then. Maybe if we had a sleep over it would be more enticing." I said.

We exited the cave. And I noticed how dark everything was. I looked up.

"It must be 7:00 right now. Why don't we head back and make dinner?" I suggested. We had been in the ocean for hours now. I think we had dived in around 2:00.

"That sounds good. Can we have some chocolate?" Anna asked.

I smiled at that. Rapunzel had given Anna chocolate not long after they met. And now, just like me, Anna was addicted to it. She also loved the chocolate pancakes I had made her.

"Yes, and since we are celebrating the end of school and my first time back in the ocean since I was three, I think we should make a chocolate cake."

"Yes!" Anna exclaimed and started to swim faster. "The one of many things that are superior to life in the ocean."

"What is the other stuff?" I asked as I did my best to keep up with her.

"Dogs for one." Anna said. She then stopped almost making me run into her. She dove down back to the ocean bottom and started to gather up rocks.

"What are you doing." I asked when I had caught up to her.

Anna smiled up at me and held a rock up. "These, do you think you can help me carry them." I cautiously took the one out of her hand. "Try not to squeeze them." Anna said.

The rock only looked like a rock, but it felt like a sponge and it was relatively light. I helped Anna gather a lot of them up. I ended up caring most of them because Anna already had her arm s full with the bed.

"What are these for." I asked.

Anna gave me a mischievous grin. "You will find out when we have a sleep over." She said.

We continued, finally reaching the shore. I said the spell to transform me into a human in my head and walked out onto the beach. My scales were gone, replace by a strapless blue dress similar to Anna's. We were on the beach to my house.

"You were right." I said. "Mermaids do have an excellent navigation system."

We continued up. Once we got to my house, we dumped the bed and sponges into the pool and then started on dinner. I gave Kristoff a quick call just to tell him we made it back.

Dinner was spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread. And of course, the chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and chocolate sprinkles.

We sat on the couch and ate while we watched television. I turned to Anna.

"Hey Anna?" I asked.

"Yeah?"

"We should go out in the ocean more often." I declared.

Anna gave me a smile. "It is a big ocean. Lots of stuff to discover."

"I am counting on it."

Author's note:

Thank you once again for reading. I am sorry this took so long to come out. Blame it on school and me not knowing what to write. I only envisioned Anna and Elsa swimming next to Kristoff on a boat. I really had no idea about what to do for this chapter. Thankfully, I think it came out good, but I skipped over all of the exploration. I do not know much about the ocean so if anyone wants to say an interesting fact that you think would tie into how mermaids live or is just interesting, please do.

The black-haired woman is something I will explain in another chapter. The sponges will appear in next chapter during Anna and Elsa's sleep over.

I wanted to say thank you for telling me that Rapunzel and Flynn are good. I still do not have that much confidence, but Rapunzel will be joining in the sleep over, so look forward to that.

Wolf heart 22 said that this felt like "Barbie in a mermaid tale". I have actually never seen that movie. I do like Barbie moves though.

The inspirations for this fic are actually.

1. Aquamarine, but only the pool part.

2. Images of Anna as a mermaid, I do not know who drew them, but they were the inspiration for having the scales cover more of the body instead of just the tail.

3. The fanfiction "Worlds Apart" by "Batteriez Not Included", this helped me decide to have Anna as the mermaid and Elsa the human, I actually love Anna more then Elsa and would have preferred her as the main character but I also love that fanfiction.

I am incredibly happy with how this fanfiction is turning out. I think I will one day create a spin off story where Anna and Elsa switch roles.

Here is a little tidbit. Did anyone notice that Anna calls them merfolk while everyone else just says mermaid. It really shows how much more knowledgeable Anna is then the rest of the cast.

Also, I learned from somewhere that "The Little Mermaid" book said that mermaids live three hundred years, so I decided to put that in. I am slowly realizing that this fanfiction is a bit of a tragedy the more I think about it.

Thank you again for reading and I hope you all stay safe!