Pippi Visit the Mermaids

Ocean: North Atlantic

In the captain's quarters of the Hoppetossa, Calissa pointed to a spot on the sea.

"And this is where I live." Calissa said.

"I see, I believe we'll be there in about an hour." Captain Longstocking said.

"What's going on in here?" Tommy asked as he, Annika, Willie, and Anna entered the room.

Calissa gave a look towards Pippi and Pippi knew what it meant.

"I guess we can tell them now." Pippi said.

"What do you mean? Do you have a surprise for us?" Annika asked.

"Calissa is taking us to visit her home." Pippi said.

"Really? That's nice!" Anna said.

"Where is you home, Calissa?" Willie asked.

"Underwater." Calissa replied.

"Underwater? No way, no one could live underwater." Willie said.

"Unless you're a mermaid." Calissa said, and she sat herself down on a chair and turned her legs into a mermaid tail.

"Woah, no way!" Anna shouted.

"Calissa is taking us to her home to thank us, since Tommy, Annika, and I showed her around town." Pippi said.

"There are seven underwater cities in the seas, with one in each of the seven seas, and I come from the North Atlantic one." Calissa said as she turned her tail into legs and stood up.

"Wait, if we're gonna go underwater, how are we gonna breathe?" Tommy asked.

"Oh don't worry, you just leave that to me." Calissa said.

The Hoppetossa arrived at the spot that Calissa pointed on the map.

However, another ship was nearby, and on it was Captain Seeker and Dr. Bubbles.

"Another day, another failure. Ever since that mermaid escaped us, we were humiliated." Captain Seeker said. "Our only hope is to find another mermaid in order to clear our names."

"Hey, check out over there!" Dr. Bubbles said as he spotted the Hoppetossa.

On the deck of the Hoppetossa, Captain Seeker and Dr. Bubbles saw Pippi and her friends.

"It's those kids." Captain Seeker said. "The ones who ruined our lives."

"Two of them, I've never seen before. But that blonde girl in cyan clothes look familiar, but I can't put my mind to it." Dr. Bubbles said.

Calissa dived into the sea, changing her legs into a tail as she hit the surface of the water.

"That girl! She's the mermaid from before!" Captain Seeker shouted.

"Come on, let's get her! I'll ready my submarine and…" Dr. Bubbles said but was stopped by Captain Seeker.

"Wait, this could be an opportunity for us." Captain Seeker said. "That mermaid could lead us to where she lives, and that would mean more mermaids."

"Ah, good call." Dr. Bubbles said.

Calissa leapt out of the water with some seaweed in her arms, she changed her tail into legs and landed gracefully on the deck.

"These are Aquatic Weed." Calissa said. "Eat one and you can breathe underwater for 24 hours."

Pippi, Tommy, Annika, Willie, Anna, and Captain Longstocking each ate some Aquatic Weed.

Pippi dived into the water and came back up to the surface.

"I can breathe underwater just fine." Pippi said. "Come on in."

Tommy, Annika, Willie, and Anna dived right in, followed by Captain Longstocking.

Then, Calissa, with her mermaid tail, dived into the water.

"Come on, follow me." Calissa said, and she led Pippi, Tommy, Annika, Willie, Anna, and Captain Longstocking deeper.

However, a small submarine had submerged, and in it were Captain Seeker and Dr. Bubbles.

"Now we just follow them, and mermaids here we come." Captain Seeker said.

Back underwater, Calissa led the group to what appeared to be an underwater city.

"There it is, my home, North Atlantic City." Calissa said.

Underwater: North Atlantic City

The group arrived at the gate of the city.

"In order to open this gate, I need to use some strength." Calissa said, and she used her strength to open the gate. "Welcome to North Atlantic City."

Inside the city, there was a marvelous city, filled with life, conversation, and citizens going about their everyday lives.

"Shouldn't there be mermen?" Pippi asked.

"Oh, about that. See those people that resemble fish-like humanoids?" Calissa asked. "They're fishmen, they are essentially male counterparts of mermaids."

"Oh, that's cool." Pippi said.

"How about we go to my house first?" Calissa suggested.

North Atlantic City: Calissa's house

Calissa led the group to her house, which was a blue house decorated with seaweed, clams and starfish.

"Here we are, my house." Calissa said. "Wait here, I'm gonna let my mother know she's gonna have guests."

Calissa went into her house and came back out with her mother.

"This is my mother, her name is Valerie." Calissa introduced her mother.

"Valerie? Is that you?" Captain Longstocking asked.

"Efraim? Why long time, no see!" Valerie said.

"Wait? Do you two know each other?" Calissa asked.

"Why, he's your uncle, Calissa." Valerie replied. "He's the husband of your late aunt Penelope."

"Aunt Penelope?" Calissa said. "Oh yeah, you told me about her, but I don't really remember her because I was too young."

"Wait, if my mother was a mermaid, and Calissa's aunt… then that makes me and Calissa cousins." Pippi said.

"Yeah, I guess it does, not only that, Pippi. You're also a merhuman." Calissa said.

"A what?" Pippi asked.

"A merhuman. It's what we call the child of a human and a mermaid or a fishman." Calissa replied.

"So what makes a merhuman different from a regular human?" Pippi asked.

"Merhumans have mermaid/fishman strength, they can breathe underwater for one hour." Valerie said. "Also, they can't assume a mermaid or fishman-like appearance, their appearances are permanently human."

"Wow, to think I had yet to learn more about myself. This is mind blowing." Pippi said.

"Anyway, all that aside, come in." Calissa said, and the group went into the house.

Meanwhile, Captain Seeker and Dr. Bubbles had arrived at the gate, the villains' sub revealed mechanical claws that pried the gate open and they entered the city.

Meanwhile, back with Calissa's group, they were still back at Calissa's house, when they heard screaming outside.

"What was that?" Calissa asked as she swam out.

At the outside Captain Seeker were capturing mermaids and fishmen and putting them in a net.

"No! Not them again!" Calissa said.

"What's going on?" Pippi asked as she and her friends came out to see the kidnapping.

"Captain Seeker and Dr. Bubbles!" Tommy shouted.

"How did they find us?" Annika asked.

"I don't know but we need to save them." Calissa said, as she swam over to the sub, unseen by Captain Seeker or Dr. Bubbles.

Calissa tried to break the net, but she couldn't and felt weak.

That net is laced with Devil Stone, I can't break it." Calissa said as she swam back.

"What's Devil Stone?" Willie asked.

"It's a mineral that weaken mermaids and fishmen. If it wasn't for that, the captured people could easily break free." Calissa said. "Merhumans aren't affected due to their human side."

"Alright, then I'll set them free." Pippi said as she swam over to the sub, but she was spotted by Captain Seeker and Dr. Bubbles.

"Look, it's her!" Captain Seeker said.

"She saw us. Let's go!" Dr. Bubbles said, and he made the sub make an emergency surface, heading up before Pippi could reach them.

"NO! They just captured those people and took them away! They have no respect for us mermaids and fishmen!" Calissa said.

"Well then, I guess we'll have to save them." Pippi said.

North Atlantic Ocean: Surface

Up on the surface, Captain Seeker and Dr. Bubbles were loading their sub and their captives onto the ship.

"We did it!" Dr. Bubbles said. "Now let's get out of here before those kids catch up to us."

"Hahaha! I can't wait to laugh back at those fools who laughed at us before!" Captain Seeker said.

Meanwhile, underwater, Calissa and Pippi swam after the ship, they managed to catch up to the ship and snuck onboard.

Meanwhile, on the Hoppetossa, Tommy, Annika, Willie, Anna, and Captain Longstocking had gotten back onboard.

"Hurry, men! Chase after that ship!" Captain Longstocking ordered.

The crew got to work and the Hoppetossa began chasing the villains' ship.

On the villains' ship, Pippi and Calissa formulated a plan and went to the door of the ship's bridge and began their plan.

"The net broke! We're free!" Pippi shouted out loud.

"Hurry, back to North Atlantic City!" Calissa shouted out loud.

"Huh?" What?! The net broke?!" Captain Seeker asked.

Pippi and Calissa hid themselves as Captain Seeker and Dr. Bubbles stopped the ship and came out of the bridge to see that their captives haven't escaped.

"Okay, that was weird. Who said that?" Dr. Bubbles asked.

"We did!" Calissa said as she and Pippi came out of hiding, grabbed the villains and threw them into the air, juggling them until they got dizzy.

"Now to save the captives." Pippi said as she ripped apart the net, freeing the captives.

The Hoppetossa then caught up to the villains' ship.

Captain Longstocking got on the villains' ship, and after searching through it, he found some illegal equipments onboard.

"My goodness, some of these things are highly illegal." Captain Longstocking said. "It would be best if we reported this to the Coast Guards."

"Yes, yes we should." Pippi said, and tied up the villains.

North Atlantic City: Calissa's house

"Ah Pippi. I want to thank you for freeing the people that got kidnapped by those awful men. I am glad to have you as a niece." Valerie said.

"Thank you, Aunt Valerie." Pippi said.

Meanwhile, Calissa seemed as if she wanted to say something.

"My goodness. What is it, Calissa?" Valerie asked.

"Well, Mom. Ever since I went to visit Pippi. I've had so much fun that… I wanna go live on land with Pippi." Calissa said.

"Oh darling, today I heard about how you worked with Pippi to save our people." Valerie said. "It shows me that you've grown to be a mature girl who can take care of herself."

"Does that mean I can go?" Calissa asked.

"Yes, if Pippi is okay with it." Valerie said.

"Of course I am." Pippi replied.

"Very well, I'll miss you Calissa." Valerie said as she hugged her daughter.

Calissa joined Pippi, Tommy, Annika, Willie, Anna, and Captain Longstocking onboard the Hoppetossa, and it sailed towards mainland.

Village: Villa Villekulla

The Hoppetossa arrived back at the harbor, dropped off the kids, and sailed back out to sea.

The kids each went back to their respective homes, and Pippi and Calissa went to Villa Villekulla.

Later that night, in the bedroom, Calissa had picked out a spare bed next to Pippi's.

"So, are you tired?" Pippi asked.

"No, I'm excited about what to do tomorrow." Calissa replied.

"I think it was fate that brought us together." Calissa said.

"Yeah, me too." Pippi said. "Goodnight, cousin."

"Same to you, cousin." Calissa said, and the girls went to sleep as the moon shined brightly in the night sky.

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