Pippi Finds a Mermaid

Village: Harbor

The citizens are gathered at the harbor to witness the announcement made by the sea captain, Captain Seeker, and his assistant, Dr. Bubbles.

"Greetings, good folks of this village… I, Captain Seeker and my trusty assistant, Dr. Bubbles, shall embark on a quest to prove the existence of the legendary mermaids." Captain Seeker announced.

"Wow, mermaids. I'd love to see one in person." Pippi said.

"Yeah right, mermaids aren't real." Tommy skeptically said.

"How can you tell when you never attempted to find one?" Pippi asked.

"Well, I… okay, I see your point." Tommy said.

Meanwhile, Seeker and Bubbles are loading the cargo.

"Ahem, a little help from a few strong men would be nice." Bubbles suggested.

"How about from a strong girl?" Pippi suggested.

"Go away, kid. I don't have time." Bubbles said, but then, Pippi lifted him, put him on top of a crate, and carried both onto Seeker's ship.

"Oh my, that kid is strong." Seeker said. "We could use her help aboard the ship."

As Pippi got back onto the harbor, Seeker called out to her, "Ahoy there, lass! I see you're a strong little one! How would you like to accompany us on our voyage?"

"I would love to." Pippi replied. "But could I bring along my friends?"

"Sure, the more the merrier." Seeker said.

"Mom, Dad, can we go with Pippi on the ship?" Tommy and Annika asked their parents.

"Oh alright, your father and I know that we can always count on Pippi to keep you safe." Mrs. Settergren replied.

"Yes!" Tommy and Annika replied as they boarded the ship.

The ship heads out into the ocean as the citizens wave goodbye.

Ocean: North Atlantic

"So, what do you think we'll do once we find a mermaid?" Pippi asked.

"I for one would love to draw her." Annika said as she took out a sketchbook.

"Well, I for one hope if we find a mermaid, we find her soon, 'cause Mom and Dad are not gonna like it if we're gone for a long time." Tommy said.

Meanwhile, on the bridge, Seeker and Bubbles are looking at a radar.

"Yes, with my improved radar, finding ourselves a mermaid is a cinch." Bubbles said.

"Good, we better. That mermaid is going to make us rich. And I'll even open up my own mermaid theme park." Seeker said.

"And I plan to be honored by the National Science Society for such discovery. They'll even rename the Nobel Prize to Bubbles Prize." Bubbles said.

The two begin laughing of their possible success, when the radar suddenly finds something.

"That's it. That could be the mermaid!" Seeker said. "Ready your Mermaid Capture Net Launch-a-majig."

The duo got onto the deck and Bubbles activated a machine, which shot a net into the sea, capturing a shadowy figure.

The machine begins to reel in back the net as everyone onboard watches.

"Yes, yes!" Seeker said. "I have a good feeling about this."

Meanwhile, underwater, the shadowy figure begins to swim harder, causing the machine to lose the net.

"No! My machine!" Bubbles said, as the machine sputters and shuts down.

"Quickly, kids! Follow that net!" Seeker ordered as he gave the kids life jackets and oars and took out an inflatable raft.

"Aye aye, captain." Pippi said as she put on a lifejacket and got on the raft, followed by Tommy and Annika, and the raft is lowered onto the water.

The kids row after the net, and eventually, they catch up and it's revealed that the shadowy figure is a mermaid, she looked as if she was nine years old.

She had long, flowing blond hair that reached her waist, a starfish brooch on her hair, green eyes, fair skin, a cyan tail, and wore a matching cyan shirt.

The mermaid looked at the kids and turned away in fear.

"Oh, don't worry. We won't hurt you. Trust us." Pippi said. "My name is Pippi, and these are my friends, Tommy and Annika."

"Hi. Nice to meet you." Tommy and Annika said.

The mermaid realizes Pippi and her friends are friendly and decides to introduce herself, "Hi, my name is Calissa."

"Let's get you out of that net." Pippi said, and then, she tore the net apart with her strength, freeing Calissa.

"Wow, thanks." Calissa said.

"You' welcome." Pippi said.

"You three are real nice, I think we can be friends." Calissa said.

Just then, Seeker's ship starts to come into view.

"Uh oh. Hide me!" Calissa said, and the kids hid her in a blanket on the raft.

"Kids! Where's the mermaid?" Seeker asked.

"Sorry, I'm afraid she got away." Pippi said.

"What!? Our ticket to fame and fortune, gone?" Seeker asked.

Village: Harbor

Seeker's ship arrives back at the harbor as Seeker and Bubbles depressedly get off the ship.

Then, the kids get off the ship, with Calissa wrapped in a blanket.

"Don't worry, I know a place where you can stay hidden." Pippi said, and soon, they're in Villa Villekulla.

Villa Villekulla: Kitchen

"We've got plenty of rooms in here, so feel free to stay as long as you want." Pippi said.

And then, Mr. Nilsson comes into the room. "Hey, who's that little guy?" Calissa asked.

"That's Mr. Nilsson, he's a monkey." Pippi said, and then Buster looks in through the window. "And that's Buster. He's a horse."

Unfortunately, Buster isn't the only one looking in from the window, it's Seeker and Bubbles.

"So they tricked us, I thought that blanket was suspicious." Bubbles said.

"Don't worry, we'll get that mermaid, get out your smoke bomb." Seeker said as he took out a sack and put on goggles.

Bubbles's smoke bomb is thrown into the room, obscuring the room.

"Hey, what's going on?" Tommy asked.

Then suddenly, a sack is thrown over Calissa and she's carried away.

"Help!" Calissa's shout for help come from outside, and the kids rush to see what's happening.

Seeker and Bubbles load the sack into a car trunk and drive away.

"Oh no, it's Seeker and Bubbles! They've got Calissa!" Annika said.

"Don't worry, we'll get her back." Pippi said.

Village: Dr. Bubbles's lab

Seeker is making a phone call while Bubbles is observing Calissa in a fish tank.

"Yes, we will have that mermaid ready for tomorrow, I guarantee it, or call me the Biggest Failure in History." Seeker said, and then he and Bubbles went into a different room.

Meanwhile, the kids sneak into the lab and they find Calissa, who seems very frail.

"Calissa, what happened to you?" Pippi asked.

"I've been out of the ocean too long, I need to go back." Calissa replied.

"Certainly, we'll take you there." Tommy said, but then Seeker and Bubbles come back.

"Not so fast, we're not giving her up." Seeker said.

"But she's weak, and only a kid." Annika said.

"Not our problem. All that matters is that we become famous." Bubbles said as he and Seeker attempted to grab the kids..

But then, Pippi pick up the two and throw them into a fish tank, and gets Calissa out of hers.

"Come on, Calissa, let's get you home." Pippi said, and the kids ran.

"No, stop! Oh, we'll go down as the Biggest Failure in History for sure." Seeker said.

Village: Harbor

Pippi, Tommy, and Annika are with Calissa, who's now recovered, is in the ocean.

"I hope we can see you again someday." Pippi said.

"Thanks, me too. Goodbye for now!" Calissa said, and then, she swam away as the kids waved goodbye to her, chanting, "Goodbye! See ya! Don't get caught again!"

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