Axel was walking up to Skye when suddenly, a flock of seagulls flew over to him, attacking him.

"AHHHH!" screamed Axel, running around, flailing his arms wildly as he tried to get the birds out of his hair. Skye walked by him, staring at him like he was crazy.

"Uh, what's with that guy?" Skye asked himself, watching Axel get attacked. He shrugged his shoulders and walked by.

Meanwhile, Sora was sitting at home, looking through photo albums of him, Kairi, and Skye. He thought back to when Skye was little. He stared at a picture of him, with a 5-year old Skye sitting on his broad shoulders while Kairi had her arms around Sora. Sora smiled at that picture. Kairi sat down next to Sora.

"I know," said Kairi. "That one's your favorite."

Sora looked up. "I can't believe that Skye has grown up so fast." he said. "It seems like not too long ago that I was a merman." He still remembered the old days of swimming everywhere, breathing in water instead of air, having swimming fish and seaweed brush against his bare chest, playing with the sea animals, hanging out with Riku, and having a tail instead of legs like it was yesterday.

Kairi put a hand on her husband's shoulder and smiled at the picture. "Or too long ago that we got married and then Skye was born." she said.

She stared at a picture of a baby Skye, wearing sea green pajamas and sleeping on a blue fleece blanket on the couch. He was also sucking his thumb.

Sora sighed and closed the book. "I just have this eerie feeling that something's going to happen and it has to do with Skye. I still have the merman traits." he said.

Sora may be a human now, but he still had the sharp hearing and the senses of a merman.

"What do you mean?" asked Kairi worriedly.

"I think that Axel is nearby." said Sora. "I can smell him. I think he's after Skye."

"What are we going to do?" asked Kairi.

"Find him and drive him back to sea." replied Sora.

When school let out that day, Skye went to to the beach and sat on the giant rock in the water that his father once sat on as a merboy, even though Sora never allowed him to sit on it. He gazed at the ocean dreamily. He would love to become a merman and swim in the sea. His mother told him the stories about merpeople as a child. She even told Skye the story of his father called The Little Merboy, only she didn't tell Skye that the merboy in the story was his own father. Sora didn't even know Kairi told him the story. Nicky and Rebecca joined Skye on the rock.

"Just look at that sea." Skye said dreamily. "Wouldn't it be cool to change into merpeople and go underwater?"

"Maybe." said Nicky. He picked up a rock and tossed it at the water. "I think you're just too lazy to walk on land!"

"Am not!" denied Skye. "I want to live the life of a merman!"

"Well, I wish it was possible." said Rebecca. "To turn into fairy tale creatures. Remember the time I wanted to become a fairy?"

Skye and Nicky snickered. When they were little kids, Rebecca used to wear fairy wings on her back and run around the island. Skye and Nicky just let it slide because she was just doing girl stuff. Her friends were going along with her. They, too, dressed like fairies.

"That's not funny!" said Rebecca, crossing her arms.

"Sorry, Rebecca, but you gotta admit it was!" laughed Skye.

Rebecca closed her book and walked off the rock. Her brother followed after her. Skye just remained on the rock, looking at the sea. The sea always made him feel calm and peaceful...

Suddenly, Axel came along and sat next to Skye and looked at the sea.

"Hey there." he said.

"Hi." Skye said, still staring at the sea.

"Whatcha looking at?" asked Axel.

"The sea." Skye replied.

"Makes you think, huh?" asked Axel.

Skye turned to Axel. "Yup." he said with a nod. He turned back to the ocean. "It makes me wish I could become a merman and live under there, but that's just some crazy fairy tale creature. My mom always told me those mermaid stories. I wish they were true..."

"You may be in luck, kid." said Axel. "I happen to be a sorceror. From the sea."

Skye's eyes lit up in surprise. "Really?" he asked.

Axel nodded, still grinning like a jack-o-lantern. "If you want, I can turn you into a merman." he said.

"Well, I-" said Skye until he heard a voice.

"SKYE!" yelled Sora. He ran over to the rock and grabbed Skye by the arm.

"Dad!" cried Skye.

"Stay out of this, Skye." Sora said. He looked at Axel and gave him a very dirty look. Then, he walked off with Skye.

"What's the matter with you, Dad?" asked Skye. "He wasn't doing anything."

"It doesn't matter." Sora said sternly. "I don't want you talking to strangers. And I didn't want you out on that rock. It's dangerous." I know it's Axel. I want to keep you away from him, Skye. You don't know what harm he can do.

When they got home, Sora sent Skye to his room until he was to be called for dinner. Skye sighed and sat at the chair by the open window, letting the cool sea breeze into his room. He stared some more at the ocean in boredom. Suddenly, a note flew in. Skye took it and opened it.

Dear Kid, it said. Meet me at the giant rock after your parents are asleep. Sincerely, The Guy From the Rock, Axel.

Skye folded the note and put it into the pocket of his boardshorts. Could this guy really turn Skye into a merman? He really wanted to know. He decided that he was going to go.

After dinner, Sora let Skye stay out of his room and do whatever he normally did after dinner. He spent the entire evening watching cooking shows with his mother. At about ten o'clock, Sora and Kairi went upstairs to go to bed. Skye waited about half an hour before going to his parents room to check on them. The door was open slightly ajar. Skye saw that Sora and Kairi were already fast asleep in their bed.

So far so good, thought Skye. He put on his flip flops and went outside. He ran all the way to the giant rock, where he found Axel.

"Been waiting for you, kid." he said when Skye got there.

"So you can turn me into a merman." he said.

"I'll make you a deal." said Axel. "I'll let you become a merman for three days. Then, after that, you'll become a human again but you must do something for me."

"Sure, anything." Skye said.

"Well, I haven't decided what it is yet, but I'll let you know soon enough." said Axel.

"Turn me into a merman." Skye said.

"Okay!" said Axel. "Go get in the water."

Skye pulled off his shirt and kicked off his flip flops. He walked into the water, deep enough so that water was at his neck.

"Go under." said Axel.

Skye did so. Axel turned himself back into a merman and joined Skye in the water. His gloved hands glowed. Skye felt that his oxygen was running out, but he felt his legs fusing together and he was starting to have the ability to breathe. He closed his eyes and never woke up...that was until he felt something sharp poking at him.

"A merboy." said a Jamaican accent. "What shall we do?"

"I'll take him back to the kingdom." said a male voice. "I think Mom would need to see this."

Skye felt someone picking him up. He opened his eyes. He saw a merman with brown hair that was spiky on only one side of his head carrying him. He looked at what was normally his legs and saw a blue tail. And his feet were replaced with fins.

Am I really a merman? thought Skye.

The merman swam him over to a huge castle and went to a room where there was a throne.

"Mother?" called the merman.

A mermaid with long brown hair wearing a seashell top and jewelry came swimming in.

"Ethan!" she said.

"I found someone." said Ethan. He let go of Skye, who fell to the ocean floor. The mermaid stared at Skye for a good long time.

"I think I remember who this is." she said immediately. She swam over to Skye and began to study his appearance. "Hmm...spiky auburn hair, the blue eyes...you must be related to a merman if you have those eyes." She remembered those features of a certain baby she had visited years ago.

"What are you talking about?" asked Skye.

The mermaid smiled. "He even sounds like him at that age." she said.

"Like who?" asked Skye.

"Your father." she said.

"What are you talking about?" asked Skye, feeling confused.

"Skye..." said the mermaid.

"How do you know my name?" asked Skye.

"Because I'm your grandmother." said the mermaid.

"You sure don't look like one." said Skye. "And that's impossible? How can you be my grandma? I only have one grandma! My dad said his mother lived somewhere far, far away!"

"I'm your father's mother." said the mermaid.

"You don't live very far from me and my family." said Skye. "Besides, none of my parents are merpeople."

"I'm afraid so." said Skye's grandmother. "To tell you the truth, your father was really a merman."

Skye floated there in shock. "He's a WHAT?" he cried.

"Your father, Sora, was born a merman." said the mermaid...