Chapter 11
The unthinkable happened with the weather. It rained. Large droplets of spring type rain fell evenly to the icy snow. There was no wind, so the drops fell directly towards the ground. Ferra lifted her hood and glared at the gray sky in disgust. Lucy let the water fall neatly onto her head. Trevor ignored it completely and casually asked, "When are we gonna get to this place?" Nobody answered because no one had a clue.
"Whoever drank the potion needs to give us a hint," Ferra retorted desperately.
Sean sighed and responded meekly, "Hyacinth said they can't communicate it what so ever." Jess clung desperately to his arm to keep steady, her eyelids closing at random times.
Suddenly, the ice broke and out popped the two mermaids from before, "Still hanging with the humans, we see." They spoke in annoying unison.
"You guys need to go! Leave us alone! Didn't you already tattletale?" Ferra responded in equal snottiness.
One of them shrugged and said simply, "She was out." The mermaids disappeared under the surface.
"We're busted," Ferra muttered underneath her breath.
While the teens faced the perilous journey, Queen Mala was up to no good. She had taken to Sydney, and treated her like the daughter she never had, or used to have. Sydney was given new dresses and a master suite in the palace. Sydney was also offered the opportunity to be Evel's new princess since Ferra had disappeared. Sydney had said she wanted to think about it, but she was really waiting for her friends' rescue. One day, when Mala and Sydney were in the throne room, they were told they were needed in the palace pool. Curious, Sydney tagged along, and Mala didn't argue. As they entered, two mermaids waited in the pool. They were beautiful creatures, but they fought like irritable sisters. It took a moment for them to get their story straight, but when they did, Sydney was shocked. Jess was terribly hurt, and she, along with the others, were going to "The River Rush", whatever that meant. Soon, she learned that was near a passage out of Evel. Once she grasped that concept, her heart was heavy with rage. They were leaving her here? Did they not care? Or even remember her? Interrupting the squealing mermaids, Sydney announced loudly and certainly to Queen Mala, "I am ready to become the new Princess of Evel."