First, some might wonder, "Nerdy mermaid? Spoiled merman? Seriously?"

So I answer, "Yes, I'm perfectly serious. After all, all mermaids need a merman to betray them and then fall hopelessly in love."

So here is the group of heroes. Since 50% of the group are mermaid/mermen, and 50% of them are Madrigals, we shall call them, the Madrigal Mermaids.

But of course, I won't waste this chapter talking about my insanity. I'll waste it talking about other people's insanity.

First up, Ian Kabra.

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Ian and Amy were gasping. They were gasping because they were mermaids and mermaids can't breath without water.

Ian really loved Amy, which is why he makes my insane list. Really, he's one of the richest, most powerful (and also insane) family, and he could have any girl. Of course, he chooses Amy. Not that I actually have anything against Amy.

Anyway, since he loved Amy so much, he threw her into a vat of water to save her life.

"Ian! I'm drowning!"

"You're a mermaid in a 2 foot high vat! You can't drown, you'd just inhale the water and live!

"But I don't know how to swim!"

And so Amy died.

Now Ian needed help.

"Dan, save me!"

"No, you killed my sister!"

"Jonah, save me!"

"Why should I?"

"I'm your biggest fan! I have a whole shelf with Lil' Gangsta' Bobbleheads!"

A lie detector appeared and said, TRUE.

"I'll do anything you want!"

The lie detector said, FALSE.

"Noooooooooooooooooooooo!"

And so Ian died.

The Madrigal Mermaids rejoiced, but since they weren't Madrigal mermaids, they became the Magical Madrigal Ninja Wizards.

Unfortunately for them, the story couldn't continue without Amy and Ian, so a catwalk fell on their heads and nobody remembered a thing.

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"Now you see, Isabel, no matter what family you're in, I am infinitely more important than you, as I am a fairy."

"But I thought you said you lost all of your powers and became human?"

"Silence! So maybe I don't have anymore powers. But I discovered a thing called the Zit that restored my powers for the point of this story. So you are not more important than me. I am insulted you mentioned such a thing. However, I will let you redeem yourself. If you help me, then you won't be immediately put on my exile list."

Isabel wasn't stupid. She knew Opal was bluffing. So she bluffed, too. "The Zit taught me the ways of the Force," she said.

Opal had no idea what the Force was, but she knew Isabel was bluffing. So they both knew the other was bluffing, and they knew that the other knew they were bluffing. Which would have been fine except that if Opal was bluffing, then how would she know about the Zit? So naturally, a wormhole opened up and sucked them up. They appeared instantaneously outside the cell, but mysteriously a can of soup also came out. This questions what happened inside the wormhole, which only the Zit knows. All we know is that Opal got her fairy powers back, along with a Neutrino. Isabel learned the Force, and also got a lightsaber. For some reason Isabel looked and sounded exactly like Princess Leia, the Zit knows why, but she had Darth Vader's mask on.

A guard came up, saw Isabel, and bowed down. Opal smiled. "Our first slave. You, what's your name?"
"Harold, your Highness."

"Harold, go fetch me a box of truffles.

"Yes, your Highness."

"And stop looking at me. It's bad for my skin."