Pippi Meets an Old Friend

Village: Harbor

It was another normal day in the village, and then, the Hoppetossa came sailing into the harbor.

"Ah, who would've thought. I just left here yesterday, but I never imagined I would come back here this quickly." Captain Longstocking said.

From the deck of the Hoppetossa, a mysterious girl came down onto the harbor and sat on some crates, she had blonde hair, she wore a cyan dress, but her face was obscured by the large, white hat she wore.

Meanwhile, Pippi, Tommy, and Annika were riding on Buster, when they saw the Hoppetossa at the harbor.

"That's strange. My father is back. But it's only been a day! Oh well, I better go greet him." Pippi said, and Buster galloped towards the harbor.

Back at the harbor, Captain Longstocking had gotten on the dock and Pippi made it in time to be the first one to greet him.

"Hello father, what brings you back here so quickly?" Pippi asked as she hugged her father.

"Ho ho, I knew you'd be curious." Captain Longstocking said. "Yesterday, after I left the village, I sailed to an island, and there I met a girl that said she was your friend."

"Friend? Where is she?" Pippi asked.

Captain Longstocking pointed in the direction where the girl was.

"Um, hello. I guess we're friends, but I can't seem to recognize you." Pippi said.

The girl removed her hat and showed her face, revealing herself to be Calissa, the mermaid, who now had human legs.

"Do you recognize me now?" Calissa asked.

"Calissa?!" Pippi, Tommy, and Annika asked in disbelief.

"Yep. It's me. I'll tell you about it later, there are too many people around." Calissa said.

"Ah, I see you are friends. Why don't you get caught up with each other at Villa Villekulla." Captain Longstocking suggested.

Village: Villa Villekulla

At Villa Villekulla, Calissa told Pippi, Tommy, and Annika about how she got legs.

"In short, all mermaids can turn their tails into human legs at the age of 10. I turned 10 two days ago, so the first thing I wanted to do since then was to visit you guys." Calissa said. "During my travels, I stopped at an island and met Pippi's father, I told him I was Pippi's friend and he was nice to give me a ride here."

"I sure did, but I never knew you were a mermaid." Captain Longstocking said.

"But wait, won't you get sick if you're out of the ocean too long?" Tommy asked.

"Oh don't worry, that's no longer a problem for me, I can stay up on dry land without seawater as long as I want." Calissa said.

"Oh, that's nice." Annika said.

"You know, I never got a good look at the town last time I was here." Calissa said. "Can you show me around?"

"Sure, that's what friends are for." Pippi said.

Town: Park

At the town park, Pippi, Tommy, Annika, and Calissa were enjoying the scenery, when they heard a cry for help.

It was coming from a boy who was up on a tree, and beneath him were Bengt and his lackeys.

"Come on, David. Don't you wanna play with us?" Bengt asked.

"No way, you're gonna beat me up." David said.

"Come on guys, let's bring him down." Bengt said, and he and his lackeys started kicking and shaking the tree.

"Those guys are playing unfair." Calissa said. "I'm gonna even out the odds."

"Calissa, wait! Let Pippi handle it!" Tommy said, but it's too late.

"Hey! You're cowards for ganging up on one boy like that." Calissa said, and Bengt turned to notice Calissa.

"Well, well. Look who we have here. I've never seen you around before." Bengt said. "Come on guys, let's give her the 'new kid' treatment."

Bengt reached out to grab Calissa's arm, but instead, she blocked him and shoved him back.

"Why you...!" Bengt said as he got mad and reached out for Calissa's arm again.

However, Calissa stopped him and lifted him into the air before throwing him back a distance.

Riker and Adam managed to grab Calissa's hair and tried to drag her, but Calissa wouldn't budge, instead she grabbed both of them and threw them on top of Bengt.

Vincent and Billy tried to dog pile on Calissa, but instead, she lifted both of them and added them to the bully pile.

"It's okay, David. You can come down now." Calissa called out to David, who realized it was safe and came down from the tree.

"Who are you?" David asked.

"My name is Calissa." Calissa introduced herself.

"Thanks, Calissa." David said before he ran off.

"Wow, you are strong." Annika said as Calissa rejoined her, Pippi, and Tommy.

"What? Aren't humans that strong?" Calissa asked, and Tommy and Annika shook their hands.

"The only human that I know of that's strong as you is Pippi." Tommy said.

"Really? That's interesting." Calissa said. "I thought they were just weak."

And then, the kids ran into Willie and Anna.

"These kids are some of our friends, Willie and Anna." Annika introduced Willie and Anna.

"Hello. Hi." Willie and Anna greeted.

"Hello to you back. I'm Calissa." Calissa introduced herself.

Town: Marketplace

At the marketplace, the kids went to various stores, such as the boutique, grocery store, general store, etc.

And then, they encountered Cassandra Cashmire.

"Oh, it's you. Who's your friend?" Cassandra asked.

"My name is Calissa." Calissa introduced herself.

"I am Cassandra Cashmire." Cassandra introduced herself. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to my house."

"She seemed so distant." Calissa said as Cassandra left.

"Oh, don't mind her." Tommy said. "She's always like that."

Town: Town Square

At the town square, the kids encountered Miss Weiserschmidt.

"Ugh, not you, you wild child." Miss Weiserschmidt said.

"Miss Weiserschmidt, I'd like for you to meet my friend, Calissa." Pippi said.

"Hey there." Calissa said.

"'Hey there'? Could you possibly be any more rude?" Miss Weiserschmidt asked. "I demand proper respect, such as, 'Good day, Miss Weiserschmidt'."

"Well, you're not exactly polite either." Calissa said.

"Ugh, such snarky behavior." Miss Weiserschmidt said. "Problem with children these days. It should be illegal."

And with that, Miss Weiserschmidt left.

"What's with her?" Calissa asked.

"Oh, don't mind her. She's always like that." Annika said.

Then, as the kids were almost back to Villa Villekulla, they met Mrs. Prysselius.

"Good day, children." Mrs. Prysselius politely said. "Oh Pippi, who is your friend?"

"This is Calissa, we met before, and she came to visit." Pippi replied.

"Oh that's nice. Now you kids have fun." Mrs. Prysselius said and went her way.

"She was nicer than that other lady." Calissa said.

"She actually won an award for being the nicest person in town." Annika said.

"Yeah, I think she deserved to win an award like that." Calissa said.

Village: Police station

"This is a police station." Tommy said. "It's where police officers come to work, so they can receive a call when something goes wrong, then they go to wherever the trouble is at."

"Good day, kids." Kling said as he and Klang came out of the police station.

"Look, it seems Pippi has a new friend." Klang said.

"My name is Calissa." Calissa introduced herself.

"Hello, Calissa." Kling said. "I am Kling, and this is my partner, Klang. We're police officers."

Village: Villa Villekulla

The kids eventually returned to Villa Villekulla, where Captain Longstocking was waiting.

"Ah, I see you children have returned." Captain Longstocking said.

"We sure did, father. And we showed Calissa around the town." Pippi said.

"I met all sorts of people, nice and mean ones." Calissa said.

"Well, it was nice coming back here for a day, but now I must get going, and I think Calissa should too." Captain Longstocking said.

"Why? What's the rush?" Pippi asked.

"Y'see… I'm supposed to deliver some cargo to Africa." Captain Longstocking said.

"Africa? What a coincidence." Annika said. "Me, Tommy, and two of our friends are doing a report on Africa."

"Ha ha. Are you now?" Captain Longstocking said.

"Hmm. this gives me an idea." Pippi said. "Why don't you see if you can get permission to come to Africa with us? You can come see Africa in person and do your report on it."

"Yeah, that's a great idea." Tommy said, and he and Annika ran off to get permission to go to Africa with Captain Longstocking.

Village: Harbor

Next day, at the harbor, the Hoppetossa was getting ready to sail.

Tommy, Annika, Willie, and Anna had gotten permission from their parents and teacher, allowing them to go on the voyage to Africa.

Also on the deck, excluding Captain Longstocking and his crew, were Pippi and Calissa.

"Y'know, it was fun showing you around town." Pippi said. "I wish I could visit your home."

"Well, do you think your father, his crew, and your other friends can keep secrets, you know about the mermaid thing?" Calissa asked.

"Why certainly. They are reliable people, so keeping secrets is one thing that I swear I can expect out of them." Pippi replied.

"Alright then, when we're done with the business in Africa, I'm gonna take you guys to see where I live." Calissa said.

"Excellent idea. I should tell this to Tommy and the others." Pippi said and tried to go tell Tommy, but was stopped by Calissa.

"Actually, let's make it a surprise for them." Calissa said. "But we should tell your father and his men so that they'll know."

"Okay. If you say so." Pippi said, and with that, the Hoppetossa sailed out.

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