Sophia sat in her class 5-1. It was the last day of school before summer and the teacher was giving out the summer homework. This time the class had to choose a capital city to research and complete their Maths and English worksheets

"Ok, class. Here is your summer homework, please do it early so that you don't forget. On that note, you are free to go. Enjoy your Summer" The teacher said. Everyone quickly packed their things away and left the classroom.

"Sophia, are you still coming to mine tonight?" Megan asked.

"Yep," Sophia said.

"Ok. I will see you later then" Megan said. Sophia smiled at her friend.

On the way home Sophia was excited about Megan's sleep over.

"You're in a good mood Sophia," Esmeralda said.

"Well it's summer vacation and there is no school for a while. I'm also going to a sleepover at Megan's house." Sophia said.

"Oh that sounds like fun," Esmeralda said.

The Sleepover

That night Sophia arrived at Megan's house and knocked on the door.

"Hey Sophia," Megan said. "Everyone's inside"

Sophia walked into Megan's house. It was similar to her house but it didn't have an extra bedroom downstairs, instead, there was a TV room. Leah and Rachel sat on the sofa. Sophia hadn't seen Rachel in a long time as she had been accepted into a performing arts school.

"This is amazing," Sophia said. "Your house is so cool"

"Thank you," someone said. Sophia turned around and saw a lady with long brown hair and blue eyes, she was wearing a pair of jeans and an apron. "You must be Sophia. I'm Aya, It's nice to meet you. Megan's told me nice things about you"

"It's nice to meet you as well," Sophia said.

"I made you some drinks and some snacks. I will bring them in" Aya said.

Aya came back with three glasses of lemonade and some popcorn.

"Thank you," Sophia said.

"That's ok," Aya said.

Soon the girls settled down and watched some movies. It was a perfect start to the summer.

Yo-Kai Slipette

Sophia woke up and the sun was shining outside her window. She could smell the flowers from the garden below. It was a beautiful day.

"Sophia, are you awake yet?" her mum asked.

"Yeah. Why?" Sophia asked.

"Well, there is two for one tickets at the water park this week. I thought that we could go." her mum said.

"Is dad coming?" Sophia asked.

"Sophia, your father is very busy working. They have a tight deadline to meet. You know that he would come if he could" her mum said.

"Ok. The waterpark sounds like fun" Sophia said. She was worried about her father, he hadn't been around as much lately and he didn't speak to Sophia much. Sophia felt like he was hiding something but she put the feeling aside, today she wanted to have fun.

When they arrived at the water park, Sophia looked around and saw lots of people there, enjoying the nice weather.

"Wow it's a really nice day, " Esmeralda said. "Yeah, I can't wait to get in the water," Sophia said as she removed her denim shorts and T-Shirt revealing her favourite swimming costume.

Sophia was about to get into the water when she noticed Nate, Katie, Bear and Eddie enjoying themselves. Among them, Sophia saw Nate's Yo-Kai butler Whisper and his Yo-Kai friend Jibanyan.

"Hey Nate," Sophia said. Nate and his friends turned around.

"Hi, Sophia. It's nice to see you again" Katie said. "How are you?"

"Same. It's been a while" Sophia said. "I'm good, glad that it's the summer holidays now. What about you?"

"I'm ok. Just hot. Shall we get back into the water?" Katie asked.

"Actually, I was thinking that we should go on the waterslide. Do you want to join us, Sophia?" Nate asked.

"Sure. That sounds fun" Sophia said.

Her mum watched from where she was sitting in the sun reading her magazine. Sophia was glad to see that her mum was enjoying herself.

Sophia watched as Katie took her turn on the slide. Soon it was Sophia's turn. As she walked over to the start of the slide. Sophia found it difficult to keep her balance and slipped.

"Are you ok?" the lifeguard asked.

"I think so," Sophia said as she looked at the spot that she slipped on. The floor was dry now so Sophia couldn't understand what had caused her to slip over. Sophia took her turn on the water slide and joined her friends at the edge of the pool.

"What happened to your leg, Sophia?" Katie asked.

"I slipped on some water," Sophia said.

"Are you ok now?" Katie asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thank you" Sophia said.

"How did you slip Sophia. We all went at the same time and there as no water on the floor." Bear asked

"I'm not sure either," Sophia said as she looked at the group. Nate wasn't paying attention instead he was deep in thought.

"Let me guess, you think a Yo-Kai is responsible for this" Whisper said to Nate.

"I do, Whisper," Nate said.

"Nate might be right," Sophia said. Esmeralda appeared next to Sophia.

"What's going on?" Esmeralda asked.

"I slipped on some water and now I have a graze on my knee but I'm ok. Nate thinks that at Yo-Kai made me slip because the floor was dry. " Sophia said.

"Maybe. If you use your Yo-Kai watch then you will know" Esmeralda said.

Sophia and Nate used their Yo-Kai watches to search around the area. Soon they came across something. The Yo-Kai was a young girl with pale skin, clear blue eyes, bright red lips and a small body. She was wearing a swimming costume. She stood on her tiptoes. In her right hand, there was a bucket of water.

"Who's that?" Sophia asked.

"That's Slipette. She's from the charming tribe. She causes people to slip over by spilling water from her bucket when they walk past" Esmeralda said.

"Sliperina, it's not nice to make people slip over," Sophia said.

"I'm sorry. I can't help it" Slipette said. "Many years ago this outdoor swimming pool and water park were just a regular swimming pool. I used to take lessons here when I was a little girl. I was one of the best swimmers in the group and I won many competitions. The other children in my group got jealous and the pushed me into the water. I hit my head on the side of the pool as I fell in. I was rushed to hospital but they couldn't save me. When I died I become a Yo-Kai and I love coming here to watch people swim and enjoy themselves like I used to."

"That's an interesting, story. I feel sorry for you but you can't stay here." Sophia said.

"All I want is a friend," Slipette said.

"How about you become friends with us," Sophia said as she looked over to where Nate stood.

"That sounds like a great idea," Slipette said.

"Nate, can you come here, please. I would like you to meet someone" Sophia said.

Nate walked over. "This is Slipette. She wants to join us"

"Sure you can join us but only Sophia and I can see you. Our other friends don't have the ability to see Yo-Kai." Nate said.

Slipette smiled at the two humans. "Thank you"

"Come on then. Let's get in the water" Nate said as he jumped back in the swimming pool.

After spending most of the afternoon at the swimming pool it was time to go home. Sophia said goodbye to her friends and then walked home with her mum.

"Sophia," Slipette called. "I want you to have this"

Slipette placed her Yo-Kai medal into Sophia's hand.

"Are you sure?" Sophia asked as she looked at the medal.

"Yes. I'm glad I met you." Sliperina said.

Sophia smiled.

"Did you have a nice time today, Sophia?" Her mum asked.

"It was really nice," Sophia said as she gave her mum a cuddle.

Hi everyone

This is chapter sixteen of New Beginnings. One more chapter until this story is finshed. There will be a sequal. The Yo-Kai OC submission is closed for now but it will re-open again in the next book.