Unexpected Happenings
Summary: This is a story about a seventeen-year-old girl named Alyssa. Alyssa moved from New York to Australia. She finds a sea cave next to the water that transforms her into a mermaid with powers over water. A year later she goes for a swim and finds another cave submerged in water. She explores it only to end up in Narnia. She meets the Pevensie's as she tries to discover her purpose for being there. What happens when a certain Pevensie takes a liking to this mermaid?
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters except Alyssa and any Narians I happen to make up from my imagination. If I did Peter would be mine…unfortunately he isn't so that means I don't own the Chronicles of Narnia. No matter how much I wish I did.
Just so you all know, there is a little bit of Peter and Alyssa in here...I don't want them to fall for each other too quickly because that just wouldn't be very realistic.
Bananafreak97:: Yes, I did get that stuff from H2O. I love that show too. The thing that's really mine though is the water light ball thingy she can do and her eyes changing color, as well as another power she wont use or mention till later lol…which I already forgot about…I should've written it down…damn…and I just remembered it again yay!(note: this little bit was written on different days, I'm not crazy I promise! =] ) And instead of bubbles and them turning into water during the transformation her legs glow. Oh and the moon doesn't effect her.
Anywho...on with the story.
Chapter 4:
Alyssa woke up with the sun shining in through the window, she had the most vivid dream that she was in a magical land full of talking animals and the trees were alive and four other humans, siblings, each of them kings and queens; wait the sun? The sun never shone into her room during the morning, opening her eyes Alyssa saw she was in the bedchamber she fell asleep in, in her dream.
Alyssa smiled, relieved it wasn't a dream, and pulled the thick comforter off herself and headed for the bathroom hoping to take a bath before Susan or Lucy came to get her. Walking into the bathroom she saw another vanity with a basin of water and a tub full of cool, clean water near it. She went over the tub and placed her hand over the water, her eyes turned from their natural brown to teal as she heated the water up so it wasn't cold. After she felt it was warm enough Alyssa dropped her hand and her eyes went back to normal. Turning she checked to make sure she had locked to door that led to her room before she slipped her nightgown off and got into the stone tub.
Counting to fifteen, feeling the ever-familiar tingle in her legs as the same warm light glowed around them—like the night she first turned into a mermaid. Alyssa watched as the glow subsided and her tail came into view. Closing her eyes and leaning her head back she sighed as she soaked in the water wishing she were in the ocean swimming around.
A knock disrupted her daydream of gliding side by side with a dolphin. Jumping slightly Alyssa opened her eyes and turned her head in the direction of the door, forgetting momentarily that she had locked it, "Alyssa are you in there?"
"Um…yes Susan. I'll be out in a second," Alyssa proceeded to pull herself out of the water. Once her upper half was leaning over the edge she placed her hands on the stone floor before lowering herself slowly to the ground. As she lowered herself she pulled more of her body out of the tub, her tail felt to the floor with a low thump. Bracing herself she waited to see if Susan had heard it, when she hadn't Aly placed her hand over her tail and used her ability to dry it off.
Standing up Alyssa cursed herself silently for not bringing in a dress to change into when she was done leaving her no choice but to pull the nightgown back on and exiting the bathroom.
Susan was standing in front of the open wardrobe looking through dresses for Alyssa (Lucy was sitting on the bed waiting). When they heard the door open they turned their heads and smiled to their new friend.
"Good morning Alyssa. How'd you sleep?"
"Morning Luce. I slept okay," Alyssa said as she hugged Lucy who had gotten up to greet her. Alyssa smiled as she moved over to Susan's side, "to be honest I woke up thinking I was in my room back home and that this was an amazing dream."
"I felt like that too when I had first came here. I'm glad it wasn't a dream though." Susan had said smiling to Alyssa before looking back to the dresses, "Now, what color do you feel like today?"
Alyssa looked at the dresses in the wardrobe and fiddled with her teardrop necklace and spotted a teal dress that went of the shoulder slightly, there were ivory colored leaves embroidered on the dress. The dress was floor length and it had a small train behind it, Alyssa instantly fell in love with the dress once she laid eyes on it. She pulled it out and held it against her body turning to Susan, "Would this one look good for today?"
Susan looked at the dress and smiled as she nodded, "You would look great in it. What do you think Lucy?"
They both turned to the thirteen year old for her opinion. She looked at the dress Alyssa held up against her self and after a few moments she smiled and nodded, "You'd look beautiful in it."
Alyssa beamed to the two queens briefly before she started for the bathroom, "Okay. I'll just change really quick."
Once she was in the bathroom again she changed into the dress and caught her reflection in the vanity. She wasn't going to lie she felt she looked prettier in this dress then the one from yesterday; and dare she even think it she felt as beautiful as Susan, maybe even more so in this dress. Shaking her head she smiled and walked back out to her friends seeing Susan holding up a pair of ivory colored shoes for Alyssa to wear with the dress.
The girls walked down to the Great Hall to meet the boys for breakfast. Walking in they smiled to the boys as they sat down.
"Good morning," Alyssa said to the two happily.
Peter looked at Alyssa, he had opened his mouth to say something but ended up stairing at the girl next to him. He caught himself and smiled, "You seem cheerful."
"Oh, I'm just happy that this isn't a dream."
Edmund smirked and shook his head slightly, "I think everyone feels that way after their first night in Narnia."
After that very true comment; Mrs. Beaver, Mr. Tumnus, and the same two fauns—from the night before—brought out breakfast.
They ate their food quickly talking about the books they had gone through last night trying to see if they had missed anything. By the time their plates were cleared Alyssa wanted to just go back to bed or do something other than to go back to the library to look over more books.
Alyssa hated research more than anything besides homework and liked to avoid it as much as possible. So when everyone got up to head for the library Alyssa huffed in exasperation.
"Who's ready to go do more research?" The four siblings smiled at the girl's sarcasim as the walked through the halls, "Because I'm not."
In the Library the Pevensies and Alyssa were sitting at the same table as the night before. Heads bowed over open books with two piles on each side of the long desk. One reserved for those already searched through and the other for the ones that needed to be looked through.
The pile with those looked through was steadily growing bigger with each passing hour. The other pile however, seemed endless.
Edmund cleared his throat to gain everyone's attention, "Here's one about a girl coming into Narnia…wait no. It's about a Narnian coming back from another world. Never mind."
Although Peter, Susan and Lucy turned back to their books Alyssa's interest was peeked. It may not have anything to do with her but it was interesting that a Narnian could leave Narnia. Everyone looked to her and nodded in agreement. Alyssa looked down a bit embarrassed, having not realized that she had voiced her thoughts aloud.
After a few hours of looking through books to come up with a whole lot of nothing they shut their books and stretched.
"So what are we going to do now?" Alyssa asked as she stood up, stretching her arms over her head as she did so.
"How about eat," Peter said standing up along with the others, "I'm starved."
"Boys are always hungry," Alyssa said teasingly before nodding her head in agreement, "But I have to admit I am rather starving, myself."
Everyone was in agreement and headed back to the Great Hall of Cair Paravel for lunch.
The food came quickly and was unsurprisingly delicious. Once they were done Alyssa was so full and tired.
"Well I don't know about you guys but I feel like having a nice long cat nap," She yawned ready to fall asleep then and there in the comfortable chair.
"Isn't it weird how you always feel tired after eating instead of full of energy?" Edmund asked as if agreeing with Alyssa.
"Oh that's because most of the blood in your body gets concentrated on your digestive system to break down the food which makes you tired because most of the blood leaves your brain," Alyssa said feeling a bit like a nerd and an idiot after she had said that, smiling nervously.
Lucy looked at her like it was the most fascinating thing she'd ever heard, "Really?"
Alyssa nodded her head, "Yeah, I learned it in science class. Just some of the pointless and useless information that I've learned that no one really wants to know."
"Well you made us a bit smarter on that little bit of knowledge you shared with us." Peter smiled at her and she looked away feeling her cheeks heat slightly.
"On that note, lets all turn in for the night," Susan said as she stood up.
Alyssa walked with Lucy to her room said good night to the boys. Once Susan was in her room she turned to Lucy and hugged the young you. Lucy was like the playful little sister she never had, "Goodnight Luce. Would you like to go to the beach tomorrow? Just the two of us?"
"Sure. I have been getting pretty bored with looking through prophesies. Goodnight Alyssa."
After she went back to her room and got ready for bed she quickly fell asleep.
Her dreams were filled with the ocean and…mermaids and mermen were seen everywhere she looked. They welcomed her to Narnia and they wanted her to do something. Before she could find out her dream changed to her basking on a rock, her tail glistening in the afternoon sun she heard a noise and looked to the beach to see the Pevensies waving at her. Reflex made her try and hid her tail as the scene changed again to her sitting on the same rock but on the beach instead of it being in the ocean. Turning her head she saw the lion again who seemed to smile at her in his own way and she instantly felt safe. Looking around Peter, Edmund, Susan, and Lucy were gone and sadness filled her. Aslan just chuckled and sat down, "You can trust them, when the time is right. And you will need their help for what is to come. They will understand."
Aly woke up before she could ask what he was talking about. The sun filtered in through the open balcony doors pulling her from sleep. She glared at the sunlit doorway in anger and annoyance.
The entire dream happened so fast how could it be morning already? Alyssa thought to herself as she pulled the covers off herself.
Today she didn't bother with fancy dresses just the bathing suit she was wearing when she first came here and her shorts. She vaguely thought about towels but since she was going to tell Lucy her secret she wouldn't need it. Alyssa opened her door and walked to the door of Lucy's room and waited outside.
The creak of another door caught her attention as she was humming something to herself, glancing around she watched as Peter stepped out of his room. Thinking back to her first day here she remembered that Peter and Edmund had stared at her lack of clothing and she felts her cheeks heat up. Maybe she should have at least pulled a dress over her bathing suit. Alyssa looked away from Peter and stared at the stone floor waiting for him to notice her.
A pair of feet stopped moving just at the edge of her vision and she felt her cheeks heat in a blush as Peter stared at her. She cleared her throat as she looked up at him and smiled in embarrassment, "Morning Peter."
She held in a giggle as he shook his head, she couldn't deny that Peter was handsome and completely sweet, he also made her laugh albeit sometimes unintentionally but she quickly gained a crush on him in her short time here. Aly bit her lip as she waited for him to form a proper sentence.
"Uh, um. Morning…um may I ask why you are in you undergarments?"
Aly laughed before looking down at herself, "This is a bathing suit."
"Really? There's hardly anything there," He rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly as he forced his eyes to stay trained on her face.
"It's a bikini. There are some bathing suits that are worse. Trust me." The door opened and Lucy came out in her own swimsuit. It was made from one of the finest Narnian clothes, from what Alyssa could guess.
The young girl smiled up at her brother before hugging him good morning, "Good Morning Peter. Morning Alyssa. Are we going now?"
Alyssa nodded and smiled, "Yup. Lets go."
Peter followed after the two as they started walking, he moved to walk beside Alyssa and looked down to her, "Where are you two going this early?"
"The beach. I asked Lucy if she wanted to come last night. We were rather tired of looking at prophecies all day…its kind of like homework…I hate homework. So me and Lucy are spending the day together just the two of us," Aly said as she smiled up to Peter, he was about seven inches taller than her, and she stood at 5'3".
He nodded his head and Alyssa hoped he didn't invite himself or ask if he could come because she knew she would definitely chicken out on telling her secret, "Oh, I see. Well uh, have fun. You're not having breakfast before you go?"
Lucy shook her head before speaking excitedly, "We'll just get something from the kitchens before we go."
"Then I'll accompany you to the kitchens, I'll be going to talk to the Council again, although I'm sure they wont be very pleased we haven't found anything."
Alyssa sighed and shrugged her shoulder feeling bad that she herself didn't know why she was in Narnia at all, "After we get back I'll help look through more prophecies, I promise."
Peter just smiled and shook his head, "No, its alright. I'm sure you both will be tired after coming back. Just come back for dinner and we'll talk about the Narnian Council's reaction.
When they reached the kitchens Peter parted with the girls as the two went through the doorway and smiled to Mrs. Beaver as the beaver gave them something to eat and handed a basket over to Alyssa filled with food for them to eat when it came time for lunch.
"I also packed a few snacks for you dears and oh, Beaver would you stop picking through the desert closet? Come met the new Daughter of Eve," Mrs. Beaver said all in one breathe.
"Alright. Alright, I'm coming," A beaver said as he came out of the pantry and over to the two girls and the female beaver, "Good morning Queen Lucy. Hello ma'am."
Alyssa smiled down to the beaver called Beaver and held out her hand to him when he extended his paw to shake, "Its nice to meet you."
"Beaver is Mrs. Beaver's husband. They helped us to to get to Aslan's came so that we would be able to help stop the White Witch," Lucy said happily.
"Wow, you two must be really brave. I hope I never have to meet this Witch character."
Lucy nodded, "Yes, luckily Aslan defeated her."
After a few more moments of talk between the two girls and the Beavers the two girls said goodbye and headed off to the beach.
They reached the beach quickly and Alyssa pulled the blanket out of the basket that Mrs. Beaver handed her. She laid it out before setting the basket down atop it and turning to Lucy. "Do you want to eat something now or swim first? I want to show you something."
Lucy glanced up to Alyssa and smiled excitedly, "What do you want to show me?"
Aly laughed lightly at the young Queen's excitement and nodded her head towards the water, "Come on."
They started toward the water but Lucy ran ahead and splashed Alyssa when she was close enough. The older girl hadn't expected that hoping to be able to stall or at least chicken out while she still had the chance but unavoidable now. She cursed to herself quietly and ran past Lucy and into the water, once she was waste deep she completely went under feeling the heat as he legs fused together and formed her shimmering blue tail.
Lucy who had been watching confused when Alyssa ran into the water with a look on her face that was slightly panicked. The confusion grew when she saw a glow below the surface of the water where Alyssa was.
"Alyssa?" She moved closer as Aly's head popped out of the water. She quickly moved towards the giant rock that was jutting out half in and out of the water. Lucy knew that at the speed she moved in the water was too fast for a human, "What are you doing?"
When Alyssa finally turned her body so she was partially hidden behind the rock she looked to Lucy and spoke nervousness evident in her voice, "Lu. I need you to promise me a couple of things…"
"Why? What are you talking about? Why are you hiding?" Almost equally as nervous as the mermaid now.
Alyssa sighed a string of curses on a constant reel in her head as she closed her eyes centering herself before speaking again, "Can you please just promise me…to not freak out and not to tell anyone about what I am about to show."
"Not even my brothers and sister?"
"No, Lu. Not even Peter, Edmund and Susan. Please. I will show them this when I am ready," Aly sighed once more, "Please Lucy. I'm trusting you with this secret."
Lucy hesitated for a moment before nodding her head and agreeing to Aly's requests, "Alright, I promise."
After a few moments Alyssa moved away from the rock and swam slowly towards Lucy who had moved so she was only knee deep in the water. When she had to she pulled herself closer to the Valiant Queen. Her eyes were squeezed shut and when she heard Lucy gasp Alyssa forced herself not to wince at the sound.
Aly waited for the scream and when it never came she opened her eyes in confusion wondering if Lucy had become catatonic at seeing her tail. Confusion and relief splayed across her face when she saw the smile on Lucy's face, "Lucy?"
"By Aslan…you're a mermaid!"
It ends a bit horribly and for that I am sorry. :/
But, thanks so much for reading my story you guys. You really make my day when I see that you like it. I'm so sorry it's taking me forever to update my stories but I'm a freshman in college and the workload and class schedule is a bit hectic. I for one hate waiting around for a story I like to be updated so I'll try and get them up as much as I can and quicker…hopefully lol…although now my father is giving me a hard time and says I can only use my computer for homework now so now I have to sneak on. I already have an idea about how this story is going to end and I barely started it, haha. I get so frustrated when I go back to read some of the previous chapters to make sure I don't contradict myself and I find the stupidest mistakes that I didn't see when I read through it. In the last chapter I wrote big when it should have been book, and I get even more annoyed because I didn't see it when I first read through it. Well I'm off to start the next chapter! I promise to post it as soon as I possibly can. =] Sorry this one took so long for me to write! And that is kinda short or if its long then I'm happy I haven't counted the pages yet haha. Anyone see Thor and the New Pirates movie and Captain America? I'm so obsessed with Chris Evans, like it's so bad. I just saw the third Narnia Movie, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and I have new inspiration. =]
Aly
I just decided to do this the other day…
CONTEST! As for telling only Lucy first I have a plan on who is to find out next. If anyone guesses right I'll give you a character in this role play as a mermaid/man. If multiple people guess right I will give a part to each who do (as a merperson, or another Narnian creature) I will stop after five people get it right.
Okay so:
A) Susan
B) Peter
C) Edmund
D) Mr. Tumnas and the Beavers
Or…
E) All of the above
